Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers
What river did they attach themselves too?
Nile River
How many tribes of Israel were there?
12
Who was the first one to try and start the Assyrian empire?
Tigleth-Pileser I
Who founded the Persian empire?
Cyrus the Great
What is the Paleolithic age?
What is the Neolithic Revolution Age?
Hunter-Gather
Agriculture
What are the three periods of Egyptian history?
Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
Why did the 12 tribes leave Canaan?
Drought
Who tried to restart up the Assyrian empire in the 9th century?
What did Cyrus the Great do in the 6th century?
Wrote an edict allowing the Jew to return to Jerusalem
Who founded the Akkadian Empire?
Sargon
Who united the upper and lower Egypt?
King Menes
In order who were the 3 kings of Israel
Saul, David, and Solomon
What were aspects of the Assyrian military? (3 of them)
Size
Technology (iron)
Tactics/ Psychological warfare
Who was Cyrus the Great's son and who did he attack?
Cambysis II and he attacked Egypt
What was Hammurabi's lasting legacy?
Code of Hammurabi (282 Laws)
One sentence description of each period in Egyptian history?
Old Kingdom- Strong Monarchy
Middle Kingdom- focused on herself, stronger bureaucracy
New Kingdom- Empire (Strongest period)
What was the capital of the Northern Kingdom?
What was the capital of the Southern Kingdom?
Samaria
Jerusalem
What were the class powers of the Assyrian empire?
King
Noble
Warrior
Merchant
Peasant
Slave
Who was after Cambysis II and who did he attack?
Darius I and he attacked Thrace
What are the 6 aspects of civilization?
Urban focus
Distant religious structure
Political and military system
Economy
Writing
Significant artistic and intellectual activities
Who brought about an end to Egypt and what did he do?
Amenhotep IV by inviting in a new god and trying to make his people view him as one
Shalmaneser V
Who defeated the Assyrian empire and then who defeated those people?
Nebuchadnezzar II and then he was defeated by Cyrus the Great
What happened in 499 and then in 490
Ionian Revolt in 499 and then the battle of marathon in 490