Ch. 3 World History
The first empire in world history was the ____ Empire.
Akkadian
Pharaoh who introduced the worship of a single god, Aton,god of sun disk.
City states
The Persian empire was unified under its first ruler
Cyrus
Leader of Persian Empire
Darius
Persia Religion
Darius
A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family
Dynasty
A large political unit or state usually under a single leader, controlling many people's or territories
Empire
The followers of Zoroastrianism believed that there were many gods.
False
Complex system of writing meaning sacred writings that made up of pictures and forms
Hieroglyphics
Hammurabi's Code is remembered...
Law code
The Assyrian empire was divided between the Chaldeans and the...
Medes
The king of Chaldeans who re-built Babylon was...
Nebuchadnez 11
Ashurbanipal the Assyrian king built one of the worlds first libraries
Nineveh
Egyptian mornarchs title originally meaning frat house
Pharaoh
believing in many gods
Polytheistic
governor's of a Persian province
Satrap
Persia. Provinces
Satrapies
The Persians we're an indo European people who lived in what today is...
Southwestern Iran
The Persian empire was weakened by...
Struggles to control the throne
The immortals were professionally Calvary and infantry forces
That numbered at least ten thousand
A collection of 282 laws
The code of Hammurabi
Persia. Route from Lydia to Susa
The royal road
Hammurabi's Code is based on a system in of justice.
True
The Assiryans had a highly efficient communications system.
True
The principle of revelation was part in of hammurabi's system of justice.
True
darius divided persian empire into twenty strappies
True
Boy- pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom.
Tutankhamen
Contributed to the efficient system of communication That was crucial to sustaining the Persian empire
Well maintained roads and way station that provided food and other needs.
Ahuramazda was the supreme Persian god, Ahiriman was the evil spirit, humans have free choice...
Zoroaster
The most famous religious leader of the Persian Empire
Zoroaster
king who extended the Persian Empire to India
Zoroastrianism
By the time of Darius, the Persian kings had created
a standing army known as the Immortals because their numbers were never allowed to fall below ten thousand
basic units of Sumerian civilization
city-states
The Assyrians were especially know for...
committing atrocities on their captives
Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that
everyone accepted him as ruler
Dominated by men
patriarchal
When Cyrus the Great captured Babylon, he
showed remarkable restraint and wisdom
Cyrus was called "the Great" because he
showed wisdom and compassion
