Egypt
Name of sun-disk as worshipped by an Egyptian cult
Aten
King who established the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzer
King of Israel at the Fall of Samaria
Hoshea
The Woman pharaoh who built huge monuments and mortuary temples to herself was...
King who promised to restore the right rule of Marduk of Babylon
Cyrus
Egyptian pharaoh called the "Heretic Pharaoh", who believed there was only one god.
Akhenaton
Primary god of Babylon
Marduk
King of Judah who built the Siloam Tunnel
Hezekiah
The period when Egypt had the most open borders with a lot of infiltration by outside people groups..
The Middle Kingdom
King of Judah that Sennacherib said he "made a prisoner, like a bird in a cage" was..
Hezekiah
Egyptian period was characterized by power, strength, conservatism, isolation, and the building of the pyramids
Old Kingdom
Explain what made Babylon a multi-cultural city
Babylon was a multi-cultural place, due to the resettlement of conquered peoples and prolific travel and trade.
In 587 BC, Judah (and the capital Jerusalem) fell to whom?
Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Semitic people group that briefly took power in Egypt but was expelled by Ahmose I in 1550 BC
Hyksos
Persian king who circulated propaganda and conquered Babylon
Cyrus
The era when Egypt was the most powerful force in the ancient world and was focused on expelling outsiders.
New Kingdom
What is the Babylonian New Year's Festival, and why was it meaningful to the Babylonian people?
This festival took place in Marduk’s temple. After days of hymns and cleansing rituals, the king and a high priest entered the presence of Marduk’s statue, a very holy place. The king must cry to ensure that Marduk was favorable. If he didn’t cry, Marduk would be angry.
It took place at the beginning of the agricultural season. It marked their need for divine favor for a favorable year.
In 722BC, Israel (and the capital Samaria) fell to what nation?
Assyrian Empire
Who unified upper and lower Egypt, whose name means Raging Catfish?
Narmer
The Hyksos introduced what war weapon to Egypt?
The chariot
What is significant that the Exodus most likely occurred during the Egyptian New Kingdom after the Hyksos were expelled?
If the Egyptians had just expelled the Hyksos, it would explain why they would enslave the Israelites. It would have been brutal to live under the Pharaoh who had driven outsiders out of their country.
What was significant about Cyrus Cylinder? The cylinder describes how Nabonidus ended the worship of Marduk and plotted evil against his city (Babylon).
This shows us why Cyrus was able to come into the city without any resistance. He distrubted this information before coming into the city and used religious information to ensure the Babylonians would be open to his rule.
Name two things that made the Hebrew religion Distinct from other religions and cultures of the time
Their religion is different from others in that 1) their God is spiritually present and allows no carved images. 2) He also does not have the human feelings, needs, or relationships of common ancient gods, 3)the Israelites demanded that their God was the ONLY God, a jealous God, and that the other nations must recognize him as well. 4) God did not allow them to take the wealth and land of other nations. If they brought in treasures, they went towards the worship of God.
Why did the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV change his name to Akhenaton?
Amenhotep IV forcefully replaced Egypt’s polytheistic religion with monotheistic worship of the sun disk, Aton (distinct from Amon, the sun-god, the usual primary Egyptian deity). He changed his name from Amenhotep IV (Amon is Satisfied) to Akhenaton (Spirit of Aton). Name changes are important in history and often tell us something. His new religion did not last and his name was also chiseled off all of the monuments.
What were at least two accomplishments of Darius I
Darius formalized an imperial code of laws
He minted a national coinage.
He mandated a common set of weights and measures. He founded a system of royal couriers and mail carriers
He instituted a common calendar imported from Egypt
He established a national language (Aramaic).
He built the Royal Road. This road was 1500 miles long and ran from the capital at Susa to Sardis