1. What happened to the Akkadian Empire? What Empires came after Akkad? What happened to Sumer?

2. 1) Sack of babylon a. Babylon was powerful for hundreds of years b. Mershilis I of the Hittites sacked it c. The Babylonians rebuilt the city, but it was less powerful

3. 2) Assyria a. Religion i. The Assyrians believed that their chief god Ashur wanted them to spread his order and influence to the entire world ii. Ashur was only worshipped in Assyria iii. So Assyria was good, everywhere else was bad and had to be attacked

4. b. Military technology i. Siege towers ii. Horses iii. They built roads to get places faster

5. To see the king, you had to make an appointment Then you had to walk through these:

6. iii. Then you had to walk down a hallway full of pictures like this: iv. Then you got to meet the king

7. d. Policy of Exile: i. Exile: forced removal from one’s own homeland ii. When the Assyrians conquered a country, they would sometimes send the people that lived there someplace else

8. 3) Assyria starts expanding a. First: They attacked their neighbors the Mitanni

9. b. King Tiglath-Pileser:

10. i. Conquered Babylon ii. Conquered the Urartu iii. Beat up the Medes iv. Conquered Syria v. Conquered Phoenicia

11. vi. Attacked Israel a. There were two Hebrew kingdoms at the time vii. Conquered them a. He exiled them to other parts of the Assyrian Empire viii. Conquered the Philistines

12. x. Made Judah pay tribute 1) Tribute: money paid to a conquering ruler for protection

13. d. King Sennacherib: i. Went to war with Judah a. Attacked Jerusalem b. His army got sick and died ii. Babylon rebelled i. He destroyed Babylon iii. He was killed

14. e. King Ashurbanipal i. Babylon rebelled again a. He defeated them ii. Conquest of Elam iii. Conquest of Egypt

16. 4) The Medes returned a. The Medes attacked the Assyrian homeland b. The Babylonians came to help c. The Assyrian army was spread out all over i. To keep people from rebelling d. The Assyrians lost

17. 5) What happened to the Assyrians? a. They were killed i. The Assyrian cities were destroyed ii. Only farming villages were left b. Assyria was never powerful again