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