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| __________ was a Sumerian temple where only priest were allowed to climb its huge staircases. |
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| Cuneiform or "wedge shaped" writing was developed for what initial reason? |
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| What 2 Rivers are on both sides of Mesopotamia? |
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| Who were the 1st empire in the world? |
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| When a person or society worships many gods it is called? |
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| _____________ was the first civilization in Mesopotamia and home to the famed walled-city of Uruk. |
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| This Sumerian story talks about friendship and immortality and is considered the 1st great work of literature? |
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| When a government gets power from divine or godly authority it is called a _____________. |
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| _______________ was responsible for the growth of Babylon and a harsh set of rules that ordered his society. |
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| In order to run the vast lands that King Menez united, the Old Kingdom rulers divided the kingdom into 42 provinces, used bureaucracy, and employed a steward of the land, adviser to the ruler, called a ___________. |
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| During the "Golden Age" or _______ Kingdom of ancient Egypt, the rulers became less like gods and more like shepherds. |
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| What was life like in ancient Egypt? |
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| Very Structured; large lower class; women had rights and respect |
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| In the Old Kingdom, _________ was the title for rulers and had god-like power. |
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| We know most about the Egyptians, as well as the Greeks, because of the 1st historian named ___________. |
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| ________ script is a simplified version of hieroglyphics used by most Egyptians. |
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| _____________ was needed to make sure the Ka would be able to return and continue life. It also lead to advancements in human anatomy. |
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| The Egyptians were eventually invaded by the Hyksos who were able to defeat them with what new technology? |
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| King ____________ (abbreviations is ok here) restored the old gods after his father changed to the worship of one god named Aten. |
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| Without a doubt the most important river to the Egyptians was and still is the _________. |
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| The southern, 2 tribes called the Kingdom of __________ were captured by the Chaldeans (new-Babylonians), enslaved, and eventually freed by the Persians. |
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| The Phoenicians are most influential in our lives today because of their development of the ___________ ____________. |
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| The northern, 10 lost tribes of Israel called the Kingdom of __________ were overrun by the Assyrians and ended up joining other peoples. |
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| The best known ruler of the Israelites due to his wisdom and building a temple in ________________ was King ____________. |
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What were the difference(s) between most other civilizations' religions and the Israelites'?
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Isrealites were monotheistic
• All people were servants to AND had relationship with God
• People admired God's creations not worshipped them
• God created nature but was not a part of it
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| ______________ were formed from a group of pastoral nomads that formed an empire in the west and weakened the Egyptians with their use of iron |
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| The Israelites biggest contribution was their religion of _________. |
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| These are people that speak Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, or Germanic languages. |
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| Most famous city for the Phoenicians was the North African colony of ______________. |
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| Besides dividing the empire into provinces, the Persians developed a way to communicate, trade, food, and shelter by creating the _____________ |
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| What was the Persian's religion that introduces us to good vs. evil called? |
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| In order to manage such a huge empire, the Persians separated it into 20 ____________ or provinces ruled by a governor with about the same name. |
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| The New Babylonians or ____________ were lead by Nebuchanezzar II until they fell to the Persians. |
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| By the time ________ had come to power, the Persian empire was the largest in the history of the world. He expanding from Thrace to W. India and eventually met with issues against the Greeks |
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| ____________ The Great, united the Persians, defeated the new Babylonians, and allowed the Jews to return to Israel was generally accepted by those he conquered due to his wisdom and compassion. |
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| Though manly issues with taxes, loyalty, and difficulties finding a strong monarch; the final blow to the Persians came from _______________ the Great. |
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| What is not a characteristic of the Assyrians? |
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| very merciful to conquered people |
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| The ____________ are what the military elite that were named so for the fact that when one died, another immediately replaces them. (we will see more of them against the Greeks) |
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| The _______________ rose up on the upper Tigris with the use of iron and conquered most of the region by 700 BC. |
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