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18 Cards in this Set
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Started as villages on the flat land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, means middle river. |
Mesopotamia |
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Based in Ashur, biggest empire under King Ashurbanipal |
Assyria |
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Brutal leader who conquered Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine and Egypt |
King Ashurbanipal |
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Begun by Cyrus the Great |
Persia |
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Had provinces ruled by a satrap ,who guarded the roads, collected taxes and controlled the army. |
Darius I |
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Tried to conquer Greece but ended with the defeat of Darius III |
Darius and Xerxes |
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Defeated Darius III |
Alexander the Great of Macedonia |
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Babylonian gateway, made up of blue enamel glazed tile brick with an animal sculpture. |
Ishtar gate |
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Religious buildings built next to temples. Known as "Holy Mountains". |
Ziggurats |
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God of wind, ruler of air and earth |
Enlil |
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God of water and the world |
Enki |
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God of justice and truth |
Udu |
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Goddess of fertility in Babylon also goddess of harvest |
Inana |
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Goddess who inspire love and war, also known as aphrodite in greece and venus in rome |
Ishtar |
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2 Capitals used at the Hall of Hundred Columns |
Double Bull and Double Unicorn Capital |
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Kings celebrated their victories, wealth and power by building what? |
Palaces |
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Palace begun by Darius and completed by Xerxes |
Apadana Palace Persepolis |
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Is the tallest building with 36 columns of 20m height |
Palace of Xerxes in Persepolis |
