Chapter 3

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Define empire?

A large political unit usually with a single leader that controls many territories

The first empire in the world?

Akkadian Empire

Who used terror as an instrument of warfare?

Assyrians

Why did people accept Cyrus the Great as a ruler/conqueror?

Cyrus the great showed such wisdom and compassion

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire in the world?

Darius

The Hyksos attacked Egypt in horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptians were limited to what?

Donkey carts

In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle idea of retaliation of what phrase?

Give an eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth

What is most unusual about the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut?

Hatshepsut was a woman

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made from?

Iron

Trading city is located in Kush?

Meroe

Who was the Chaldean king who restored the city of Babylon to glory?

Nebuchadnezzar II

What was Kush called while it was still part of the Egyptian Empire?

Nubia

What empire did Cyrus the Great rule?

Persia

Who was the leader who established the world's first empire?

Sargon

What was the name for a ruler of a province in the Persian empire?

Satrap

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?

They excepted many gods, rejected his idea of destroying them

What is Hammurabi remembered most for?

establishing a collection or codes of laws for Mesopotamian society

What was Sargon's grandson's name?

naram sin

The name of the invaders who attacked Egypt in its final days of power?

sea peoples

What contributed to the efficient system of communication crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire?

well maintained roads and way stations to provide food shelter and fresh horses for traveling officials


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