| A | B |
|---|
| Hittites | conquerors of Asia Minor (2000 BCE - 1200 BCE) |
| Anatolia | central plateau on which the Hittites built their kingdom |
| Babylon | conquered my the Hittites |
| assyrians | cruel conquerors who tortured and enslaved the people they dominated |
| Nineveh | capital of the Assyrian Empire |
| Chaldeans | conquered the Assyrians (with the help of the Medes) in 612 BCE |
| Nebuchadnezzar | greatest king of the Chaldeans |
| Babylon | capital of the Chaldean Empire |
| Persians | conquered the Chaldeans |
| Cyrus II | king and conqueror - Persian |
| Darius I | organized the vast Persian Empire by dividing it into provinces |
| Persepolis | the most magnificent city in the Persian Empire |
| Royal Road | most important thoroughfare in the Persian Empire |
| Zoroaster | Persian prophet who saw the world as divided between good and evil |
