World History Chapter 3
The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson _____ but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death.
Naram-Sin.
The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which
almost anything that can go wrong is addressed by one law or another.
Assyrians
. a people known for using terror as an instrument of warfare
Sea Peoples
invaders who attacked the Egyptian Empire during its final days of power
The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of
iron.
While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to
donkey carts.
Hammurabi is remembered for
establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society.
Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that
everyone accepted him as ruler.
Which of the following contributed to the efficient system of communication that was crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire?
well-maintained roads and way stations to provide food, shelter, and fresh horses for traveling officials.
Darius's elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because
whenever a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced.
Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?
They accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying them to worship only one god.
In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must
give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Amenhotep IV
. the pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten
Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?
Darius
What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut was a woman.
Meroë
a city in Kush
empire
a large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories
The first empire in world history was
the Akkadian empire.
Nebuchadnezzar II
the Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory
Persia
the empire ruled by Cyrus the Great
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
satrap
the ruler of a province in the Persian empire