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37 Cards in this Set
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Evidence of Mycenean prosperity is found in what?
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large qtys of gold, silver, and weapons found in their graves
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Where was Akkad?
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on the Euphrates
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What significant events did Akkad's rise to prominence mark?
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establishment of Mes empire, end of Sumerian control
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The Sumerian city-states allied themselves under whom for protection?
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Lugalzagesi, king of 3rd Dynasty of Uruk
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What did later generations most remember Naram-Sin for?
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Offending the gods and inciting rebellions
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Who is faulted for the fall of the Akkadian Empire?
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Naram-Sin
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The 2nd Intermediate period lasted from ___ to ____ BC
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1650, 1550
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Which two attributes marked Sennarcherib's reign?
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conquest and warfare
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Who began raiding Rome in 367 BC?
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Gauls
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What was Assyria's new capital?
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Kalhu
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The line of vigorous Assyrian monarchs that began regaining lost lands in the west started with whom?
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Ashurdan II
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A conflict between what two cities created the 2nd Pelo War?
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Corcyra and Corinth
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What does the Macehead of King Narmer confirm?
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he participated in the heb-sed
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This cultural group's language is related to Sanskrit and Greek
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Hittites
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Why is it difficult to determine the nature of Sargon's rise to power and rule?
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Most accts speak of him in legenary and hyperbolic terms
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In what two ways did Ahmose I restore kingly power?
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military incursions, deals w/ nomarchs
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Capital of 17th dynasty
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Thebes
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Cyaxares son
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Astyages
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Who did Nabopolassar ally himself w/
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Cyaxares of Media
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What attribute of prehistoric Egypt leads to the notion that there was conflict between U and L
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tribal city-states, especially in U
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What was the geographic extent of the Mittani state by 1400 BC/
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Medit to Zagros
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How did Athens deal w/ dissent under Cleisthenes?
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ostracism
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What is the period between AD 14 and 180 known as?
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Pax Romana
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Why were the Phoenicians temporarily able to experience independence from Assyrian intimidation?
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rise of Baby empire checked Assyrians
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Mittani king who ruled over all of Upper Mes
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Saustatar
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How long did the 1st Inter Period last?
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140 yrs
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1st dynasty capital
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Memphis
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Appius Caecus was a censor/consul
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censor
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Minor officials who announced appearance of anyone w/ imperium
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lectors
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How long did Thutmose III's "reign" last?
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50+ yrs
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3 reasons for decline of Old Kingdom under Pepy II
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too long reign, monument building used too many resources, poor floods
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Dates of Greek dark ages
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1100-776 BC
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Grave goods at Lefkandi show evidence of contact w/ which areas
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Cyprus and the Levant
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define quaestor
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roman financial officer
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This dynasty filled political vaccuum left by death of Mursilis I
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1st Dynasty of Sealand
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In which regions did Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus lead armies in battle?
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Sicily, Africa, Italy
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Hittites and Mittani fought over which territorial possessions
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N Syria and Taurus Mts
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