World History and the Bible Test Chapter 4 Name 1. Match the word to the definition, place the correct number on the blank: 679 BC Mitanni Suppiluliumas Tiglath-Pileser I Manasseh Shalmaneser III Nahum Eshnunna Black Obelisk Hammurabi Adad-nirari I Jehoram Elam Mushki Amytis Tiglath-Pileser I Esarhaddon Shalmaneser IV 669 BC 911-746 BC 1 Kings 10 Gyges Hezekiah Merodach-Baladan Sennacherib Chedolaomer Winged disc Tantamani Ramesses II 1276 BC Assur Conquered Babylon in 1595 BC Ashurbanipal Elijah and Elisha Ashur-nasir-pal II 1. Greatest king of the Hittite Empire 2. 1 st great empire builder of Assyrian recovery 3. King during preaching of Jonah 4. Amorite king who invaded Canaan 5. Greatest king of Assyrian Decline period 6. Assyrian king during battle of Kadesh 7. Neo-Hittite tribe 8. Capital of Assyria 9. Cyaxare s daughter 10. Hittites 11. Brought the Kassite Dynasty to its knees 12. 31 military campaigns out of 35 years of rule 13. Married a Hittite Princess 14. Greatest king of Old Babylon 15. Major northern city after fall of Ur in 2004 BC 16. Recovery 17. Attacked Syria and Anatolia in 1110 BC 18. Dominated Syria for 150 years 19. Battle of Kadesh 20. Predicted the fall of Assyria 21. Israel s Golden Age 22. First 2 Prophets 23..Requested prayer from Isaiah 24. Babylonian King defeated by Sennacherib 25. Laid siege to Lachish 26. Panel of Jehu 27. Symbol of Ashur 28. Greatest Assyria King 29. One of Judah s worst Kings 30. Son of Sennacherib 31. Scythian-Cimmerians threaten Assyria 32. Taharqa recovers Memphis 33. Like his father, escaped capture and execution 34. Requested Ashurbanipal s help 35. Spent 2 years in an Assyrian prison Page 1
2. The period known as the Assyrian Empire began in the year and continued until the fall of Nineveh in the year. The first king of this period, often regarded as the true founder of the Empire, was. Early in his reign, this king focused on the to the east, and the Chaldaean tribes in southern. Once these matters were cared for, this king began his campaign through, receiving submission from many of its princes, including of Damascus and of Israel. When the Israelite king died in, he was replaced by his son,, but he only reigned years before he was killed in a palace coup by his successor, of Israel. In the same year,, King of Judah died, and the prophet was commissioned to proclaim God s word to the nation. 3. About five years later, Ahaz took the throne of, and was immediately confronted with a proposal for rebellion against Assyria by other princes of Syria. When he refused, he was attacked by and by. As he was preparing for a possible siege, Ahaz was confronted by the prophet who offered to provide to Ahaz a sign. When Ahaz declined the offer, the prophet declared that God would give a sign anyway. Describe the sign: 4. Ahaz preferred to trust an alliance with and over the next few years the conspirators were defeated or killed. In Israel, the king was killed, and the throne taken by the last king of Israel whose name was. After the defeat of the conspirators, Ahaz traveled to the city of and there saw a great. He wanted to build a duplicate in, and sent plans back to the high priest for that purpose. 5. Little is known of the next king of Assyria,, who reigned from to. The main event of which there is much certainty is the revolt of the king of whose name was and he reigned from to. The capitol city of Israel,, was besieged from to. 6. The next king of Assyria was, who reigned from to. When he first took the throne, he oversaw the destruction of. He then had to turn his attention to the Chaldaean usurper who seized the throne of, whose name was. After an indecisive battle at, the Assyrian was forced to launch a campaign into. While he was engaged in this campaign, the rule over Judah went to its next king, in BC. Meantime in Egypt, the Dynasty was established by, who ruled from to. This Egyptian king attempted to form a coalition with the king of to revolt against. The king of Judah refused to participate, but other Syrian princes joined in the revolt. The Assyrian king sent his commander,, in to take the city of. It was at that time that the prophet Isaiah gave his prophecy of Isaiah 20, using the strange object lesson of. 7. The significance of that object lesson was to show: Page 2
8. Over the next couple of years, Sargon unleashed his wrath on the region, and by the year, he once again enjoyed uncontested control of all his domains. It was in that year that the king of, in anticipation of his revolt, built his famous which was intended for the purpose of 9. Sargon s last campaign, launched in, was against of Babylon. 10. The next king of Assyria,, took the throne in the year. He was immediately confronted by revolts in a variety of places. One of those who rebelled was, king of Judah. Shortly after cutting off tribute payments, this king became gravely ill. After his recovery, he received gifts from, who was king of. The Assyrian king arrived in the region of Palestine in, having defeated the cities of Phoenicia, planned to drive a wedge between the two nations of and. While laying siege to the city of, he sent one of his commanders to the city of Jerusalem to demand its surrender. The king of Judah was encouraged by the prophet, saying that the Assyrian king would hear a rumor and would thereafter return to. Shortly thereafter, the Assyrian king heard that he was about to be attacked by the Ethiopian king,, and he thus withdrew from his siege of Libnah. His army was then wiped out by. Herodotus describes the same event saying that the army of the Assyrian was destroyed by. The Assyrian king returned home, and did not bother Judah any further. His next campaign was in 694, and was directed against, but he was humiliated in the encounter, and returned in fury 689 and completely destroyed the city of. This act was very unpopular, and may be part of the reason he was killed by in the year. 11. The next king of Assyria,, ruled from 681 to 669. Early in his reign, a new group of Indo-Europeans,, who were cousins of the Cimmerians, were invading Armenia, Asia Minor and Persia. This Assyrian king drove them out of Anatolia, and they moved further west, falling on the king of in Asia Minor. At the same time, to the east of Assyria, Phraortes, the king of the was organizing an anti-assyrian coalition. The Assyrian king was not overly concerned about this threat, but he was worried that the most important export from the region not be threatened, which was their famous. The last great campaign of this Assyrian king was against the nation of, where he was successful in driving its ruler, back to his home land of. 12. The last, and probably greatest king of Assyria, was Ashurbanipal, who reigned from to. Ashurbanipal may be best known for the vast which remained undiscovered until about 1846 A.D., when the British explorer found its location. Ashurbanipal s first military campaign was against Egypt, where he routed the Egyptian army, and place on the throne of Egypt a prince from Sais named. A subsequent rebellion in Egypt led to a further military action by the Assyrians, which culminated in the sack of the great religious center of. That event is specifically mentioned by the prophet. Ashurbanipal then appointed as Pharaoh of Egypt another prince from Sais, who ruled for about the next fifty years. His name was. On his return home, Ashurbanipal stopped in Phoenicia, and laid siege to the city of. Page 3
During that siege, Ashurbanipal received a call for help from, the king of, who was facing a crisis at the hands of the. 13. The worst year of Ashurbanipal s reign was, in which he faced simultaneous revolts in three locations. The three locations were: 1), 2), and 3). 14. The last few years of Ashurbanipal s reign are obscure. Elsewhere, in Judah, king Manasseh died in, and was succeeded by his son, who reigned for only two years. The next king in Judah was Josiah, who was years old when he became king. When Josiah was about 16, he was jolted into action by the scorched-earth prophecy of his cousin,. Another prophet was commissioned in Judah in Josiah s 13th year (627 B.C.), whose name was. 15. After the death of Ashurbanipal, took the throne of Assyria. In 616, he faced an invasion from the south led by of Babylon, and the following year, an invader from the east joined in the attack, whose name was. Finally, the great city of fell and with it, the great Assyrian Empire ended in the year. 16. Circle the correct answer. 17. The man who is generally regarded has having founded the Assyrian Empire was a. Tiglath-Pileser III b. ShalmaneserV c. Sargon II d. Ben-Hadad II e. Sennacherib 18. When the nations of Syria and Palestine conspired to revolt against Assyria in 735, they found that Ahaz, the new king of Judah was a. Involved in a war with Egypt b. Listening to the prophet Isaiah c. Unwilling to participate in the revolt d. Eager to join in the rebellion 19. When the prophet Isaiah confronted Ahaz in 735, Isaiah told him a. That Assyria would rescue Judah from its surrounding enemies b. That Ahaz should make a deal with Tiglath-Pileser for protection c. That God would give Ahaz a sign based on the birth of a child d. That the Assyrians would be defeated by Rezin of Syria 20. The Assyrian campaign into Syria and Palestine from 734 to 732 resulted in a. The conquest of the Philistine conspirators b. The death of Rezin of Syria c. The deportation of vast numbers from Israel d. The submission of Hoshea of Israel to Tiglath-Pileser e. All of the above 21. The Assyrian king who completed the destruction of Samaria and the repopulation of Samaria with foreigners was a. Tiglath-Pileser III b. Shalmaneser c. Sargon II d. Sennacherib e. None of the above 22. The successor to the throne of Judah after the death of Ahaz in 715 was a. Uzziah b. Hezekiah c. Jotham d. Manasseh e. Amon Page 4
23. In 714, the king of Judah was approached by ambassadors from a foreign land urging him to join in a conspiracy against Assyria. The foreign land was a. Phoenicia b. Syria c. Babylon d. Egypt 24. When Isaiah prophesied that Egyptians and Ethiopians would be defeated by the Assyrians, he adopted an object lesson in which he a. Stripped to his tunic b. Cursed a fig tree c. Buried a hatchet d. Shaved his beard 25. Shortly after Hezekiah revolted against Sennacherib, he became gravely ill, and when he recovered he received gifts from the king of a. Assyria b. Babylon c. Egypt d. Urartu 26. After Sennacherib had defeated major cities of Phoenicia, he turned his attention in 701 BC to a. The Hittites b. The Urartu c. The Medes d. Egypt and Judah 27. Sennacherib died a. By assassination b. In battle c. Of old age d. For reasons that are not certain 28. After Esarhaddon took the throne, his policy toward Babylon was a. To continue the harsh treatment of his father b. To rebuild Babylon c. To tax the Babylonians heavily d. To force Assyrian religion on the Babylonians e. To abandon it to the Elamites 29. About the time Esarhaddon ascended the Assyrian throne, a new group of Indo-Europeans were descending into the Mediterranean world, known as the a. Cimmerians b. Urartans c. Scythians d. Lydians e. Barbarians 30. Esarhaddon s concern over the Medes was mainly to protect his supply of the chief export from the region, namely, a. Gold b. Copper c. Tin d. War Horses e. Wheat 31. The last great military campaign of Esarhaddon was against a. Syria b. Media c. Babylon d. Egypt 32. Having taken the throne in 669, Ashurbanipal s first major military campaign was against a. Gyges of Lydia b. Necho of Sais c. Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon d. Taharqa of Egypt e. Tantamani of Ethiopia 33. The brutal destruction of the city of Thebes by Ashurbanipal s Assyrian army was referred to by the Hebrew prophet a. Isaiah b. Nahum c. Hosea d. Jonah e. Amos 34. While he was besieging the city of Tyre, Ashurbanipal received a call for help from a. Gyges of Lydia b. Madyes, chief of the Scythians c. The King of Cilicia d. Aksheri, king in the region of Lake Van e. Urtaki of Elam 35. When Psammetichus decided to rebel against the rule of Assyria, he enlisted to help him mercenaries from a. Scythia b. Media c. Lydia d. Phrygia e. Elam 36. The Babylonian rebel against Assyria, Shamash-shum-ukin was Ashurbanipal s a. Father b. Step-son c. Cup-bearer d. Brother Page 5
36. List the kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire beginning with the founder, include the dates of their reigns and a brief description of their careers: Name Dates Career Page 6
37. Using a Bible concordance, find which Assyrian kings are mentioned in the Old Testament. Name Biblical Reference 38. What was Gods command to King Jehu? (2 Kings 9:7-8): 39. He went further than the command by doing what? (2 Kings 9:27). 40. What did the Lord think of Jehu s excessive bloodshed? (Hosea 1:1-4). 41. Although God did commend Jehu for wiping out Ahab, how die he displease the Lord? (2 Kings 10:28-31) 42. Assyrian records also describe Jehu, what famous artifact do we have and how is Jehu remembered? 43. How did Paul s life before he knew Jesus, compare to Jehu? (Phil 3:4-6) 44. How would you like to be remembered? (Phil 3:7-11) Page 7