• Warm up!• If you lived around 900 BCE… Why would you

have to be a good warrior? What would make you or the area around you valuable to others, thus why they would attack you? How would you prepare yourself to be a great warrior/army?

Homework: Finish your Review sheet for Thursday. Wed, Thurs, Friday= Early

Bird Current Events.

HW: Think about the Mesopotamian people and

on a blank sheet of notebook paper compile a list of contributions they

gave us to use today!

Assyrians900 BCE900 BCE

Made the largest Mesopotamia

Why were the Why were the Assyrians great Assyrians great

warriors?warriors?1. The geography of their area

forced them to be. • They lived in a fertile valley near

the Tigris River

Why were the Why were the Assyrians great Assyrians great

warriors?warriors?• They were very well organized

Why were the Why were the Assyrians great Assyrians great

warriors?warriors?• Taking over a city??• Climbing over the walls• Digging under the walls• 1st ever battering ram & other siege

weapons• Stories of cruelty

• Once the city is taken over• Burn the city to the ground & take the

goods and people

Why were the Why were the Assyrians great Assyrians great

warriors?warriors?• New Weapons• You decide what is stronger!You decide what is stronger!• Cup 1Cup 1• Cup 2 Cup 2 • Cup 3Cup 3

What is in each cup?

What is stronger?

Why were the Why were the Assyrians great Assyrians great

warriors?warriors?• You decide what is stronger!You decide what is stronger!• Weakest to StrongestWeakest to Strongest• Cup 1 - CopperCup 1 - Copper• Cup 3 - TinCup 3 - Tin• Cup 2 – IronCup 2 – Iron

• Hitties, neighboring people, Hitties, neighboring people, made iron strongmade iron strong

Government Changes

• Kings and priest no longer share power

• Kings are now thought of as gods• Large area of land – hard to rule• Made provinces

– An area of land split up politically

• Road systems connecting provinces protected by guards

Does any of Does any of this sound this sound familiar?familiar?

• The fall of the Assyrians– Too big to rule – Many enemies and people working together to beat

up the Assyrians

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