Early Empires in the Ancient Near East
their system of carrying messages quickly, which involved a network of staging posts and relays of horses
One example of the Assyrians efficieny and effectiveness as administrators was
zoroastrianism
Persian religion
royal road
Persian route from Lydia to Susa
iron
The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of
sea peoples
invaders who attacked the Egyptian Empire during its final days of power
nebuchadnezzar II
The Chaldean king who restored Babylon to glory
almost anything that can go wrong is addressed by one law or another
The Code of Hammurabi paints a portrait of a society in which
false, trade the two young people who wanted to wed to the bride and groom
The Code of Hammurabi reveals that in ancient Babylon a marriage was decided upon by the two young people who wanted to wed.
naram-Sin
The Empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson _____ but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death
tutankhamen
The boy pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom was named
persia
The empire ruled by Cyrus the great
the Akkadian empire
The first empire in world history
nebuchadnezzar II
The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was
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
hyksos
The pharaoh ahmose I was able to drive the ....... out of Egypt around 1550 B.C. and establish the New Kingdom
amenhotep IV
The pharaoh who later changed his name to Akhenaten
humans had free choice
The prophet Zoroaster taught that
satrap
The ruler of a province in the Persian empire
an empire
The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples or territories is
hatshepsut was a woman
What is most unusual about the pharaoh Hatshepsut?
kushots
When the ....... were driven out of Egypt , they returned to their original lands to the south and built a successful trading empire.
darius
Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?
well-maintained roads and way stations to provide food, shelter, and fresh horses for traveling officials
Which of the following contributed to the efficient system of communication that was crucial to sustaining the Persian Empire?
donkey carts
While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to
they accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying them to worship only one god
Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?
meroe
A city in kush
empire
A large political unit, usually with a single leader, that controls many territories
assyrians
A people known for using terror as an instrument of warfare
rome
After the Egyptian empire fell, it became a part of the empire of
false, trade only a few decades to several centuries
After the fall of the Akkadian empire, only a few decades passed before the Babylonian empire arose.
the sea people's
Although the pharaoh Ramses II tried to maintain the Egyptian empires strength, he failed because he was unable to hold out against
sargon
Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader
everyone accepted him as a ruler
Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that
showed wisdom and compassion
Cyrus was called "the Great" because he
whenever a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced
Darius's elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the Immortals because
the pharaohs constructed huge, magnificent temples and statues in their own honor
During the New Kingdom, the Egyptian Empire reached its peak. What was one way it showed its power?
akhenaten
___________ tried to force the Egyptians to worship a single god, Aten.
true
Hammurabi established his imperial capital in Babylon
establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society
Hammurabi is remembered for
true
Hammurabis Code protected against false accusations. If someone brought a charge but then failed to prove it, the accuser would be punished.
how to make bronze weapons and showed them the advantages of the horse drawn chariots.
Having been conquered by the Hyksos was not all bad for the Egyptians because the Hyksos taught the Egyptians
give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or the idea that one must
false
In establishing his empire, Sargon executed the rule of every Sumerian City-state he conquered.
darius
King who extended the Persian empire to India
nineveh
site of one of the world's first libraries
babylon
site of the Hanging Gardens
