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41 Cards in this Set
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T/F: Jugurtha never posed a real threat to Rome.
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What was the only tribe in the Middle East able to escape Tiglath-Pileser's control?
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Arameans, nomadic Semetic tribe
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The 13th dynasty saw several short/long reigns
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short
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When did the earliest settlements develop in Mesopotamia?
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Uruk period
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With the decline of Babylon, who rose to prominence?
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The Hurrians and their successors, the Mittani
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What were the 4 early phases in Upper Egyptian prehistory?
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Badarian, Amratian, Gerzean, and Dynasty 0
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Who excavated ancient Babylon prior to WWI?
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Robert Koldewey
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Periander brought the rebel colony of
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Corcyra
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Who was the Middle Assyrian Empire's strongest king?
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Tiglath-Pileser I
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He was the son of Esarhaddon and Naqi'a-Zakutu
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Ashurbanipal
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What were some of Shulgi's achievements?
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reorganized system of weights and measures, introduced new calendar, founded schools at Ur and Nippur
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Who succeeded Cypselus
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his son Periander
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What action did the Phoenicians take to ensure their autonomy?
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built walls around their cities
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By 2200 BC pressures from what tribe left the Akkadian empire in internal disarray?
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Gutian invaders
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Who became one of the more famous local rulers afer the Akkadian Empire reverted to local control?
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Gudea of Lagash
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What was Gudea's reign noteworthy for?
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building and furnishing of temples
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The cultural renewal under Gudea is referred to as the ____ or ____
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Neo-Sumerian Revival, Sumerian Renaissance
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How did Ur-Nammu expand his control of Sumer and Akkad
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diplomatic alliances
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What was a harmosts?
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commander who oversaw a Spartan garrison
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What did Philip promise Greece at the Congress of Corinth?
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Greece united, Ionia free from Persian oppression
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What did the Megara Decree say?
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prohibited Megaran trade in the empire
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Platea was an ally of ___ in the 2nd Pelo War
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Athens
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Who were the "Thirty Tyrants?"
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leaders of the oligarchic gvt claimed in Athens
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Who joined Marius as consul after Sulla fled?
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Cinna
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The Early Dynastic Period spanned what years?
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2900-2370 BC
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By 146 BC, what 6 provinces did Rome control?
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Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Spain, Macedonia, Africa
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What new alliance did the city-states that withdrew from the Athenian League form?
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Arcadian League
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What did the Licinio-Sextian Laws accomplish?
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Let plebs be consul, gave plebs land ownership, debt relief
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At what battle did Octavian defeat Antony and Cleopatra?
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Actium
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How did Ashur-uballit consolidate his power?
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arr marriage between daughter and Kassite king of Babylon, then deposed K king, entered war with Mittanni to make a buffer state, correspondence with Amenhotep IV
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Who came to the Persian throne after the death of Cyrus the Great?
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Cambyses II
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What were the 1st colonizing mother states?
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Chalcis and Eretria, Corinth, Megara, Achaia
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T/F: Assyria's 2nd phase of empire included the domination of Babylon
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F
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Which Spartan commander provoked a rebellion against the Athenians in Chios?
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Alcibiades
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Who was the last Flavian emperor?
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Domitian
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The Middle Kingdom lasted from ____ to ____ BC
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2000, 1600
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T/F: Canaan was good for farming.
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F
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Who did the Boeotians defeat in the Corinthian war?
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Sparta
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This was a popular Assyrian location for royal residences
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Nineveh
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The old kingdom was in the 2000s/3000s BC
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2000
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To which British archeologist do we owe our knowledge of Crete to?
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Sir Arthur Evans
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