Akkad & Sargon
What is a large political unit or state that controls many peoples or territories?
What is an Empire?
Who did volleyball play this week and how many sets did they win?
Blue Ridge and lost in 5
Which foreign nomads conquered Lower Egypt using horse chariots?
ANSWER: Who were the Hyksos?
What ancient African region south of Egypt along the Nile gave rise to Kush?
: What was Nubia
What metal weapons gave Assyria military dominance over bronze armies?
ANSWER: What is Iron?
Who conquered Sumerian city-states around 2340 B.C. to build history's first empire?
Who was Sargon of Akkad?
What Latin legal philosophy prescribes 'an eye for an eye'?
What is Lex Talionis (Equal Retaliation)?
Female pharaoh who prioritized trade expeditions to Punt over war?
Who was Hatshepsut?
Which Kushite king conquered Egypt in 750 B.C. to establish the 25th Dynasty?
Who was King Piye?
What famous library holding 30,000 tablets was built by King Ashurbanipal?
What is the Library of Nineveh?
How many elite soldiers made up Sargon's standing professional army?
What is 5,400 soldiers?
Which sun god of justice is depicted handing laws to Hammurabi?
Who was Shamash?
Warrior pharaoh who won the Battle of Megiddo and expanded north?
Who was Thutmose III?
What early Kushite capital served as the political base for Piye's invasion?
ANSWER: What was Napata?
Which humane Persian conqueror ended the Babylonian Captivity of the Jews?
: Who was Cyrus the Great?
Sargon's grandson styled himself with which grand royal epithet?
What is 'King of the Four Quarters of the Universe' (Naram-Sin)?
How did punishment differ if a noble blinded a noble vs. a commoner?
Noble vs. Noble = Eye removed; Noble vs. Commoner = Simple silver fine.
Pharaoh who enforced monotheistic worship of the sun disk Aten?
Who was Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)?
What new Kushite capital became a vital hub for African iron smelting?
ANSWER: What was Meroë?
What title was given to local governors ruling Darius's 20 satrapies?
What were Satraps?
What mountain tribe swept down from the Zagros to end Akkadian rule by 2150 B.C.?
Who were the Gutian tribesmen?
What is the mascot for East High in the movie High School Musical?
Wildcats
What mysterious maritime raiders attacked Mediterranean empires around 1200 B.C.?
ANSWER: Who were the Sea Peoples?
What rising Christian kingdom conquered Kush around A.D. 350?
ANSWER: What was Axum (Aksum)?
What was the elite 10,000-man royal Persian infantry guard called?
Who were The Immortals?