Mesopotamia
Egypt
Minoans
Indo-Eruopeans
Persia
100
Mesopotamia was located in the current day country of what?
Iraq
100
River that flows North into the Mediterranean Sea
The Nile river
100
Where did the Minoans live?
Crete and the Aegean islands
100
What is Indo-European referring to?
A linguistic Class of people
100
According to our book, who is the founder of the mighty Persian empire?
Cyrus the great
200
These people were able to read and write in Cuneiform.
Priests and Scribes
200
Around what time period did Akhenaton become Pharaoh?
Between 1353 B.C. and 1336 B.C.
200
What did Minoan art depict?
War-like scenes
200
What region did the language originate from?
The Steppe region North of the Black Sea
200
How did they Lydian king, Croesus lose both his life and his kingdom in 547 B.C.?
By attacking the Persians
300
Who was the ruler of the old Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
300
In the 18th dynasty why did Pharaoh Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten?
To honor his God Aten
300
What is the significance of the Minoan women's hair styles?
Announced their status and marital state
300
What is the most modern form of the Indo-European language?
English
300
A reformer, Zoroaster, removed magical elements from religion; this supreme being was named what?
Ahura Mazda
400
From what did the Cuneiform writing system develop from?
Pictographs and ideographs.
400
What religion did Akhenaten try to impose on Egypt?
Monotheism
400
What was their religion focused on?
Earth Deities
400
When did the great Indo-European migration take place?
2000 to 1500 B.C.
400
During Darius' long reign he enlarged the empire to the Indus River, the Caucasus mountains, upper Egypt, while he seized a foothold where?
Europe
500
What did he publish on stone pillars in every city?
Codification of the laws.
500
Aten is a God who represented what?
The disk of the sun
500
When did the Minoan civilization collapse?
Around 1400 B.C.
500
What regions did the Indo-Europeans migrate into originally?
Greece, Iran, and India
500
"I am Darius the great king, the king of kings, the king of Persia, ..."As this passage is continued it records what?
A successful mission to quell a rebellion mounted against him after the death of his predecessor.
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