Chapter 3: Early Empires in the Ancient Near East
The first empire in world history was
Akkadian Empire
the pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten
Amenhotep IV
a people known for using terror as an instrument of warfare
Assyrians
Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?
Darius
What is the most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?
Hatshepsut was a woman
The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of
Iron
a city in Kush
Meroe
The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson _________ but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death.
Naram-Sin
the Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory
Nebuchadnezzar II
the name of Kush while it was still a part of the Egyptian Empire
Nubia
the empire ruled by Cyrus the Great
Persia
the leader who established the world's first empire
Sargon
the ruler of a province in the Persian empire
Satrap
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
Believed that humans had free choice
Zoroaster
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
While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to
donkey carts
a large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories
empire
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 a ruler
In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must Selected:
give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
invaders who attacked the Egyptian Empire during its final days of power
sea peoples
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