Question

babylonia and assyria
people and cultures

1. turn to pages 12–13 in the atlas. read the introduction. also look at picture b and

read its caption. then put each word or phrase from the word bank under the empire it
describes in the diagram below.

(venn diagram with sections: babylonia, both, assyria)

word bank
known for fierce army from babylon built an empire in fertile crescent
built monuments to show wealth from ashur center of learning

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each phrase:

• Babylonia: "From Babylon", "Center of learning", "Built monuments to show wealth" (Babylonia was a center of knowledge and built structures for wealth display, and people were from Babylon).
• Both: "Built an empire in Fertile Crescent" (both empires were in the Fertile Crescent region).
• Assyria: "Known for fierce army", "From Ashur" (Assyria had a strong military and people were from Ashur).

Answer:

• Babylonia: From Babylon, Center of learning, Built monuments to show wealth
• Both: Built an empire in Fertile Crescent
• Assyria: Known for fierce army, From Ashur