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The three major empires we studied chronologically occurred in this order.
What is the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian Empires
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This Empire was the first to employ the wide use of coins
What is the Persian Empire
100
This geographic region is home to the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian Empires.
What is the Middle East
100
This was the dominant religion of the Persians.
What is Zoroastrianism?
100
This person and his army defeated the mighty Persian empire.
Who is Alexander the Great.
200
What Kingdom did the building of the pyramids occur?
What is the Old Kingdom.
200
This system utilized the idea of "an eye for an eye." Note: Another example we looked at was the example of a carpenter who built a house that collapsed on the owners son. The punishment was to kill the carpenter's son.
What is Hamarabi's Law
200
This River allowed the Egyptian and Kush Empire to Survive
What is the Nile
200
These two Empire featured ruler who viewed themselves as gods for their entire reign.
What is the Assyrian and Persian Empires?
200
This is also known as a Diaspora.
What is the the dispersal of Jews across the Persian Empire.
300
The City of Urik highlights what relationship?
What is the shift of importance from God to Man.
300
This system of governance was created by Darius.
What are Satrapies.
300
What two Kingdoms did the Judah Diaspora Occur in?
What is the Kingdom of Israel and Judah.
300
This clothing item typically is worn by Muslim women.
What is a Burca?
300
King Tut is famous because A. He was the greatest Pharaoh to ever live B. He was the worst Pharaoh to ever live C. His tomb was found more recent than others D. His tomb was the first of the Egyptian Pharaohs to be uncovered.
C. King Tut was quite irrelevant speaking from a strictly historical context. He was just lucky enough not to have his tomb raided until British excavators found it in 1922.
400
This system utilizes the placement of people due to skill not lineage. AND This Empire was the first to implement this system.
What is meritocracy And What is the Assyrian Empire
400
What were the key economic features of the Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian Empires respectively?
Egyptian- Slavery Assyrian- Warfare Persian- Tribute
400
The Exile sent Judeans to this region.
What is Babylonia?
400
This King brought religious reform to Egypt and devoted his life to the belief in this god.
Who is Aten.
400
Persepolis represented ________ to the Persian Empire.
What is the cultural, economic, and governmental heart of the Persian Empire.
500
The first person to unify the Persian Empire.
Who is Darius?
500
This key technological development help promote the use of writing. Also Writing need to improve for what reason?
What is Cuneiform Memorization could not maintain the record keeping associated with taxes.
500
The covenant assures that Judeans can return to this city.
What is Jerusalem.
500
This city clearly demonstrates the shift for focus from God to Man
What is Urik?
500
Correctly Pronounce the name of this famous Egyptian Queen. Hatshepsut Also why is she famous?
(Hat-SHEP-soot) Hatshepsut was a key ruler of the Egyptian Empire that was one of the few rulers to expand their empires via trade rather than militarily during this time period.