Chapter 5: According
to His Will: Assyria, Babylon and Persia
Name: ________________
Please answer each
question in a complete sentence.
Eg. Q.
The Assyrians ruled the Middle East for about 100 years from 700 B.C. to
600 B.C. Who was the first ruler of the
Assyrian Empire and how long did he rule? (1 mark)
A. The first ruler of the Assyrian Empire was
Tilglath-pileser III. He ruled from 745
– 727 B.C.
1. The Assyrians
conquered the Israelites of the Northern Kingdom. Why did God allow this? (2 marks)
2. “Not satisfied to
merely destroy and replace governments, the Assyrians sought a more thorough
and complete conquest” of the people they attacked. What did they do and how did they do it? (2
marks)
3. What does the text
say were 3 things the Assyrians purposed to gain from their conquests? (3
marks)
4. How did the
Assyrian Empire fall? (2 marks)
5. Nebuchadnezzar
ruled the Chaldean Empire from 605-562 B.C.
God used him to punish Jerusalem.
He took his Jewish captives to Babylon which was the new Empire’s
capital city. Unlike the Assyrians, he
treated his slaves better. Who was the
Chief Advisor to Nebuchadnezzar? What
was this man able to do that made him so valuable to the King? Where did he get his special abilities? (3 marks)
6. Describe what
happens to Belshazzar to end the Chaldean Empire. (2 marks)
7. How was the King of
the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great, different from the Kings of the Assyrian
and Chaldean Empires? (3 marks)
8. What were some
(approx. 3) things the next King, Darius, did to cause the Middle East to
prosper? (3 marks)
