Assyrians Flashcards

494895008	What was the new empire that rose called	Assyrians	0
494895009	Where was it	Northern Tigris River	1
494895010	What did it have	Fertile soil that outsiders wanted	2
494895011	How did they defend themselves	They had a huge army	3
494895012	When did they start taking over Mesopotamia	900 BCE	4
494895013	Why was the army strong	They were well organized	5
494895014	What types of solders did they have	groups of foot soliders armed with spears and daggers other soliders that were experts with bows and arrows also had chariot riders and soilders on horseback	6
494895015	What were they the first to do	They were the first to use iron weapons	7
494895016	Where were the Hitties from	North Assyria	8
494895017	What did the Hitties do	They developed a process that made iron stronger	9
499496753	What did the Assyrains do with that	They stole the idea and used it themselves	10
499496754	What are the 3 things that the Assyrains do to get into walled c/s	attacked c/s through tunnels under walls; made ladders and climbed over the walls; used trees as battering rams and rammed the front gate down	11
499496755	What did they do after they captured the c/s	burned it down	12