Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 4, New Empires (pp. 175-180)
I. A New Assyrian Empire
B. The Assyrians treated conquered peoples cruelly, sending large groups of them
far from their homelands.
C. The Assyrians were not able to build loyalty among the conquered people and faced rebellions.
II. A New Babylonian Empire
B. The Babylonians created wide-spread trade networks and grand building projects,
and made great advances in math and science.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. By 650 B.C., a new Assyrian empire included lands from the Persian Gulf
to the Mediterranean Sea.
A. The Chaldeans overthrew the Assyrians in 612 B.C. to found a new Babylonian empire
ruled from Babylon.
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