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42 Cards in this Set
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Who defeated the Etruscans in a sea battle of Cumae in 474 BC?
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Hieron of Syracuse
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How did Senusret get materials for construction?
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Extended Egypt to include mines and quarries of 2nd Cataract
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For what is Amenemhet's successor and co-regent Senusret I known?
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building programs
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What event initiated Etruria's collapse?
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Greek tyrant Gelon moving his capital to Syracuse and beginning a naval campaign that would isolate etruria from its Medit trade
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Why were Etruscan conquests short-lived?
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lack of political unity in Etruria
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The Etruscans conquered what 2 settlements
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Latium and Campagnia
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Some responsibilites of the Mycenean king:
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governing royal domain, appt officials, commanding trade bureaucracy
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What change in burial procedures occurred in Mycenae aroun 1500 BC
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stopped shaft graves, built large, domed, beehive chambers called tholos
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How many people lived in Uruk by 3700 BC
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50 thousand
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What title did Nabopolassar give himself
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King of Akkad
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Amenhotep III's regency marked the end of the ____ reign
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Thutmosid
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With which culture did the Ubaid eventually merge?
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Halaf
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Under whose rule did the Akkadian empire reach its height and greatest geographic extent?
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Naram-Sin
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Where does our knowledge of Sargon's campaign come from
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Inscriptions in the temple of the god Enlil in Nippur
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When did the Protodynastic period in Egypt begin?
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3100 BC
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Achievments of The Protodynastic Period:
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pyramids, statues, jewelry-laden artifacts
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Whose son and heir was Samsuiluna
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Hammurabi
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Who sacked Ur in 2004 BC and where did they take the king?
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Elamites, took Ibbi-Sin to Anshan in Iran
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Hammurabi's domestic accomplishments:
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temples, strengthened trade, increase in scholarly activity
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Kassites in early days called these 2 regions home:
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Babylonia, W Iran
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Some believe Narmer is the same person as ___, who founded Memphis and the 1st dynasty
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Aha
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This Assyrian archive helps us date the death of Shamshi-Adad at 1781 BC
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Mari
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How long did the Ubaid culture last
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over 1000 yrs
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What war broke out almost simultaneously w/ Sulla's election to the consul
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1st Mithridatic war in Asia
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When was the 1st ostracism
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487 BC
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Why was Sparta worried about Athen's rising power?
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feard A might undermine integrity of the Pelo league
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Who was the last emperor of the Julio-Claudians?
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Nero
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Who were the Flavian emperors?
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Vespacian, Titus, Domitian
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What did Cleisthenes do to ensure the whole Attic pop would be represented?
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Expanded the Solonian Council of 400 to 500
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The etruscans had a prosperous trade network w/ which 2 cultures?
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Greeks and Carthaginians
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How did Tukulti-Ninurta I die?
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murdered by insurgents led by his son Ashur-nadin-apli
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What is synoecism
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political unification of separate entities into one state
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What was Agesilaus' final attempt at power?
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Siezing Thebes in 382 BC
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Which battle ended Sparta's hegemony?
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Leuctra, against THebes, 371 BC
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How was democracy restored in Athens after the 30 tyrants?
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deposing 30 Tyrants and repudiating Lysander's policies
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What did the Messenian revolts lead the Spartans to do?>
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Change constitution to condone a rigid oligarchy demanding military service for all males
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How did Sparta pay back Persia for its help in defeating Athens?
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returned Greek cities of Asia minor to them
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Why did the entry of Thessaly, Megara, and Argos threaten Sparta?
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demonstrated growht of Athenian democracy in opposition to Sparta's oligarchy
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What was Solon's first duty?
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resolve conflict between classes, forestall tyranny
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Under what pretext did Lysander install an oligarchy in Athens?
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Athens had violated the terms of its surrender
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What had occurred in Athens by 683 BC
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traditional monarchy was replaced
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What technological advancements were used by the Uruk?
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plow and wheel
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