assyrian empire

Question 1

G for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 1

Located on the banks of the Tigris River. Although once under Babylonian rule, they grew their own independent state and expanded their land to the lower section of Mesopotamia, Persia, the Sinai Peninsula, Syria, and along the Southeast coast of the Meditteranean Sea.

Question 2

R for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 2

The Assyrians didn’t have a specific religion that they followed. There were multiple temples. The Assyrians worshipped the old Babylonian gods but were more loyal to worshipping their god, Assur.

Question 3

A for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 3

They had a library with cunei-form clay tablet writings. The library had literature, mathematics, and more. It was in Nineveh.

Question 4

P for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 4

The death penalties were quite cruel. A woman accused of theft would have her ears/nose removed; a male adulterer would be castrated and have his face sliced, and the woman would have her nose cut off.

Question 5

E for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 5

Their economy was mainly built on lead, tin, grain, textiles, and silver

Question 6

S for Assyrian Empire?

Answer 6

Monarchy (ruled by Tiglath Pileser I, Adad Nirari II, Tukulti Ninurta II, Ashurnasirpal II, Tiglath Pileser III, and Sennacherib)