MORE EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR

EAST

Covered most of modern day Turkey

• Military innovations• War chariot with

shield man

Introduced iron working to the region

HITTITE EMPIRE

Masters of siege warfare

Built a road system for trade and communication

Built a large library of over 20,000 cuneiform tablets

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

Rebuilt Babylon as their capital

Architecture • Hanging Gardens

Science• Astronomy• Developed a lunar

calendar

CHALDEAN EMPIRE

Built a trading network• Cedar• Purple dye• glassblowing

Colonized the Med.• Carthage• Sicily

Developed an alphabet

PHOENICIANS

Based in modern Iran

Conquered Mesopotamia, Asian Minor and Egypt

Permanent professional army

• The immortals

Road system

PERSIAN EMPIRE

Distinctive architecture

Allowed conquered peoples to retain culture

Zoroastrianism• Monotheistic• Dualistic

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