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23 Cards in this Set
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Which civilization had art that often showed them being happy: Hittites, Minoans, or Phoenicians?
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Minoans
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What civilization invented iron forging?
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Hittites
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What persian emperor had a policy of toleration?
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Cyrus
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What did the Persians speak?
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An Indo-European Language
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What was the Phoenicians main export?
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Purple Dye
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What civilization made a peace treaty with Egypt?
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The Hittites
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What was the Phoenician's most important colony?
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Carthage
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List three Hittite gods:
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Tarhun, Hattia, and Telepinu
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When did Israel fall?
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722 B.C.E.
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Who did Judah fall to?
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The Babylonians
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What was the capital of Judah in 586 B.C.E.?
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Jerusalem
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What was the monotheistic religion of the Persians?
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Zoroastrianism
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What were the Minoan and Phoenician economies based on?
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Trade
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Who is known as the greatest Persian emperor?
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Darius
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List a few innovations of the Assyrians:
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Siege warfare, mass deportation, terrorism, guerrilla tactics, and libraries.
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What were pastoral nomads?
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They domesticated animals and traveled along migration paths.
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What is the most significant innovation of the Phoenicians?
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The alphabet
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How many people, total, did the Immortals consist of?
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20,000
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Where did the Ancient Hebrews live?
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Palestine
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Where did the Minoans live?
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Greece/Crete
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Where did the Persians live?
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ALL of modern day Iran, modern day Afghanistan and Turkey, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus River Valley
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Where did the Phoenicians live?
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Modern day Lebanon (and colonies in North Africa, Southern Spain and Sicily)
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Where did the Assyrians live?
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PART of the Iranian Plateau, sections of Asia Minor (Anatolia/modern day Turkey), Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Egypt down to Thebes
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