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Nineveh |
Capital of Assyrians. Example: burnt to ground by Medes,stone records from library survive. |
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Piankhi
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Kushite king. Example: He conquered Egypt. United kingdoms trading along the Nile. |
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Ramses II
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The third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Example: when he died, had been born knowing Ramesses as pharaoh and there was widespread panic that the world would end with the death of their king.
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Sennacherib
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king of Assyria 705 BCE–681 BCE
Example:military campaigns against Babylon and Judah and for his building programs, notably at his capital Nineveh |
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Hyksos
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group of mixed Semitic-Asiatics who immigrated into Egypt’s delta region and gradually settled there during the 18th century bce.
Example:he Hyksos introduced the horse and chariot, the compound bow, improved battle axes, and advanced fortification techniques into Egypt. |
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Meroe
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an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile
Example: a wealthy metropolis of the ancient kingdom of Kush,was ruled by Nubians |
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Nebuchadnezzar
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A Chaldean king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
Example:defeated the Egyptians and their allies. |
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Ashurbanipal
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The last of the great kings of Assyria
Example:He achieved the greatest territorial expansion of the Assyrian Empire |
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Kush
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an ancient African kingdom
Example:Established after the Bronze Age collapse |
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Hatshepsut
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Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Example:came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC.
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