Early Empires in the Ancient Near East

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their system of carrying messages quickly, which involved a network of staging posts and relays of horses

One example of the Assyrians efficieny and effectiveness as administrators was

zoroastrianism

Persian religion

royal road

Persian route from Lydia to Susa

iron

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of

sea peoples

invaders who attacked the Egyptian Empire during its final days of power

nebuchadnezzar II

The Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory

almost anything that can go wrong is addressed by one law or another

The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which

false, trade the two young people who wanted to wed to the bride and groom

The Code of Hammurabi reveals that in ancient Babylon a marriage was decided upon by the two young people who wanted to wed.

naram-Sin

The Empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson _____ but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death

tutankhamen

The boy pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom was named

persia

The empire ruled by Cyrus the great

the Akkadian empire

The first empire in world history

nebuchadnezzar II

The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was

sargon

The leader who established the world's first empire

nubia

The name of kush while it was still a part of the Egyptian empire

hyksos

The pharaoh ahmose I was able to drive the ....... out of Egypt around 1550 B.C. and establish the New Kingdom

amenhotep IV

The pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten

humans had free choice

The prophet Zoroaster taught that

satrap

The ruler of a province in the Persian empire

an empire

The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples or territories is

hatshepsut was a woman

What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?

kushots

When the ....... were driven out of Egypt , they returned to their original lands to the south and built a successful trading empire.

darius

Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?

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

Which of the following contributed to the efficient system of communication that was crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire?

donkey carts

While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to

they accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying them to worship only one god

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?

meroe

A city in kush

empire

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

assyrians

A people known for using terror as an instrument of warfare

rome

After the Egyptian empire fell, it became a part of the empire of

false, trade only a few decades to several centuries

After the fall of the Akkadian empire, only a few decades passed before the Babylonian empire arose.

the sea people's

Although the pharaoh Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian empires strength, he failed because he was unable to hold out against

sargon

Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader

everyone accepted him as a ruler

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

showed wisdom and compassion

Cyrus was called "the Great" because he

whenever a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced

Darius's elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because

the pharaohs constructed huge, magnificent temples and statues in their own honor

During the New Kingdom, the Egyptian Empire reached its peak. What was one way it showed its power?

akhenaten

___________ tried to force the Egyptians to worship a single god, Aten.

true

Hammurabi established his imperial capital in Babylon

establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society

Hammurabi is remembered for

true

Hammurabis Code protected against false accusations. If someone brought a charge but then failed to prove it, the accuser would be punished.

how to make bronze weapons and showed them the advantages of the horse drawn chariots.

Having been conquered by the Hyksos was not all bad for the Egyptians because the Hyksos taught the Egyptians

give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must

false

In establishing his empire, Sargon executed the rule of every Sumerian City-state he conquered.

darius

King who extended the Persian empire to India

nineveh

site of one of the world's first libraries

babylon

site of the Hanging Gardens


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