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Which of the following is was famous for his extraordinary skils as a government administrator as for his military conquests?

Darius

What was the relationship between Egypt and Nubia during the period of the New Kingdom?

Egypt's dominance of Nubia

The language that English, Sanskrit, Persian and Spanish are all derived from is

Indo-European

What indo-european group traveled the furthest east?

Indo-Europeans

Which group migrated around the Aral Sea?

Indo-Europeans

The Hittites took the following from the Babylonian civilization they conquered

a language for internal use

To restore social order, harmony and god government, Confucius believed it was necessary for society to be organized around what general category?

relationships

The Phoenicians were known for

seafaring, trade and the invention of the phonic alphabet

Varnas, the name given to the different groups of the original caste system came from a word that means

skin color

The Indian epic poem the Mahabarata reflects the struggles

that took place in India as the Aryans moved relentlessly south

A long-term effect of the caste system in India was that

the Aryans remained dominant

Hinduism and Buddhims differ significantly in their beliefs about

the caste system

The Ten Commandments became the basis for

the civil and religious laws of Judaism

A phonecian contribution that people still benefit from today was

the inventioin of the phonic alphabet

Jain monks were masks over their faces

to keep from harming even an insect

according to the torah, Moses did all of the following EXCEPT

unify the people of Canaan into one kingdom, Israel

Israel's King Solomon was known for all of the following EXCEPT

unifying the 12 tribes

The Hebrews believed that God protected them because

of a covenent

the emphasis on right conduct and the worship of god is called

ethical monotheism

The student and teacher in the Upanishads explore

how a person can attain a perfect understanding

The Hittites were able to excal at war because of their knowledge of

ironworking

the technology of iron smelting aided the Hittites because

it made strong weapons that helped them excel at war

What bodies of water surounded the Greeks?

mediterranean and aegan

the two items below that are most similar are

moksha and nirvana

The Hittite legal code was similar to Hammurabi's code but was

more forgiving