Chapter 2: Western Asia and Egypt
Yahweh
According to the jewsih beliefs, there is only one god called
showed wisdom and compassion
Cyrus was called "the Great" because he
showed wisdom and compassion
Cyrus was called the great because
satrapies
Persian provinces
Zoroastrianism
Persian religion
the Royal Road
Persian route from Lydia to Susa
when the Hittle kingdom ended and egypt weakened
Samll kingdoms and city states in western asia emerged
cuneiform
Sumerian writing system
the sea peoples
The Hittite empire was destoyed by
that were immediately replaced when killed
The Immortals were professional cavalry and infantry forces
struggles to control the thorne
The persian empire was eventually weakened by
Yahweh created the universe
Zoroaster taught all of the following except
Ahuramazda was the supreme god, Ahriman was the evil spirit, and humans had free choice
Zoroaster taught that
ziggurat
a massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the cheif god or goddess
bureaucracy
an administrative organization that relies on nonelective officals and regular procedures
Sargon
around 2340 BC the sumerian city states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader
Tutankhamen
boy pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom
King Solomon
builder of an important temple in Jerusalem
`city-state
city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
Code of Hammurabi
collection of laws devised in ancient babyon
patriarchal
dominated by men
old, middle, and new kingdom
egyptian history is dived by
dynasty
family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family
theocracy
government by divine authority
satrap
governor of a Persian province
polytheistic
having many gods
monotheistic
having one god
monarchy
high government by a sovereign ruler such as a king or queen
Uruk
independent city state in Sumeria
Darius
king who extended the Persian Empire to India
empire
large political unit usually under a single leader that controls many peoples or territories
irrigation and drainage ditches
made farming in anceint mesopotamia possible
pastoral nomads
migrating groups who domesticated animals for food and clothing
pharaoh
most common of the various titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs originally meaning great house
satrapy
one of the 20 provinces into which darius divided the persian empire
resurrection
osiris is an important figure in egyptain religion who symbolizes
pastoral nomad
person who domesticates animals for food and clothing and moves along regular migratory routes
Amenhotep IV or Akhenaton
pharaoh who introduced the worship of a single god Aton god of the sun disk
hieroglyphics
priest carvings or sacred writings ancient system or writing used by Egyptians and Mayans
mummification
process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from decaying
satrap
protector of the kingdom the governor of a province of the Persian empire under Darius
prophets
religous teachers whose words became a source of ideals for social justice
King Solomon
ruler who built the temple in Jerusalem
hieratic script
simplified version of hieroglyphics used for business transactions and record keeping
fertile cresent
the arc of rich soil between the mediterraneans sea and the persian gulf
the nile river
the development of egyptian civilization was influened most closely by
on the movement of the moon and the star sirius
the egyptians developed an accurate 365 calender by basing their year
that numbered at least ten thousand soldiers
the immortals were professional cavalry and infantry forces
covenant
the jews believed that god made a contract with them called
Nebuchadnezzar
the king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
the king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was
the epic of gilgamesh
the most famous piece of mesopotamian literature is
a distinct group, organized in tribes who established a united kingdom
the people known as the Israelities were
Phoenicians
traders who lived in a narrow strip along the mediterranean coast
Menes
upper and lower egypt were united into a single kingdom around 3100 BC by
cuneiform
wedge shaped a system of writing developed by the Sumerians