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Gr 7 History Ch 5
Grade 7 History Ch 5 Review - People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tiglath-pileser III | the king who began in earnest the Assyrian drive to a world empire |
| Shalmaneser V | the Assyrian king who deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom |
| Ashurbanipal | the last great Assyrian king, who collected a library of about 100,000 cuneiform tablets |
| Jonah | the Jewish prophet who warned Nineveh of God's coming judgment |
| Sennacherib | the Assyrian king God defeated because of his pride and defiance |
| Nahum | the prophet who prophesied the destruction of Nineveh |
| King Nabopolassar | the king who conquered all of Mesopotamia and established the Chaldean Empire |
| Nebuchadnezzar | king who conquered western part of the Fertile Crescent (incl Judah), destroyed Jerusalem, carried the inhabitants of Judah into captivity, built Hanging Gardens, had a dream foretelling the course of world history, & was reduced to a madman who ate grass |
| Daniel | the Israelite captive who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar;s dream as well as the writing on the wall |
| Nabonidus | the last Chaldean king, who preferred to travel around the empire and leave the actual business of government under the supervision of his son |
| Belshazzar | the son of Nabonidus who handled the actual business of government and was killed by the Medes and Persians |
| Cyrus the Great | the Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah |
| Isaiah | the prophet who foretold that God would assist Cyrus in his conquests |
| Darius | the Persian king who made the Middle East into one big marketplace |