| A | B |
|---|
| reincarnation | Hindu belief that a person's soul goes into a different body after death |
| Upanishads | a group of writings about Hindu ideas |
| rajah | a ruler in India |
| Ashur | the chief god of the Assyrians |
| caste | The ________ system separates people according to race and class. |
| Medes | Even the king was not as powerful as the Law of the _______ and Persians. |
| Euphrates | river that flowed through Babylon |
| Cyrus | the Persian king who conquered the Babylonian Empire and let the Hebrews return to Jerusalem |
| Babylon | the city rebuilt by the Chaldeans |
| Ninevah | capital of Assyria until the empire was destroyed |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who conquered Jerusalem |
| terrorism | method used by the Assyrians to conquer and control people |
| Chaldeans | This group of people conquered Assyria and rebuilt Babylon. |
| Vedas | a collection of Aryan writings |
| ears | Inspectors during the Persian Empire were called the eyes and ______ of the king. |
| Zoroaster | religious teacher of the Persian Empire |
| Belshazzar | Babylonian king who saw the handwriting on the wall |
| Carchemish | Nebuchadnezzar's Chaldean army defeated the Egyptians in the Battle of _________. |
| Pileser | Tiglath-________ I was the ruler of the Assyrian Empire around 1500 B.C.. |
| spoked | The Assyrians used _______ wheels on their chariots. |
| brahmins | priestly Aryan caste |
| Avesta | The Zend _______ contained the ideas and teachings of Zoroaster. |
| Ishtar | Prisoners of war were led through the ______ Gate into Babylon. |
| astrology | trying to foretell the future by the movements of the stars and planets |
| mercenaries | soldiers from foreign countries who fight for money |
| regent | Belshazzar was a weak _______ (ruler). |
| Hanging | The _______ Gardens of Babylon were dedicated to Nebuchadnezzar's wife. |
| absolute | Assyrian kings were _______ rulers. |
| Israel | The Assyrians defeated the northern kingdom of ________. |
