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In Assyrian Art, the king was often shown busy at his favorite sport which was what?
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Lion Hunting
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On whose grave was written, "Oh man who will come, I once rules the world so do not begrudge me this little earth to cover my body?"
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Cyrus of Persia
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What local tree's scientific name honors the memory of the exiled jews?
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weeping willow
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The most beautiful gate babylon, covered with blue glazed brick, was dedicated to what god/goddess?
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sun god shamash
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What was the original meaning of the Jewish word "covenant"?
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too cut
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Why was the wood of cedar trees in such great demand in the ancient world?
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repelled insects
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In ancient Egypt, bird hunters used what animal as a retriever?
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cat
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In Ancient Egypt, what was senet?
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a game of passing through the underworld
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In ancient egypt, pigs knucle bones were used for what?
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dice
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Egyptian jewlers ground turquoise and quartz together and then heated them until they melted to form what man-made gem?
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blue-green falence paste
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which egyptian practical invention was a boon to literature?
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rosetta stone
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Who was champollion and what did he do which made egyptology possible?
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he used the rosetta stone where he concluded that egyptian language was both ideographic and phonetic. by translating several cartouches
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What was the pharos of Alexandria?
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lighthouse
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The last greek ruler of Egypt was what woman?
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cleopatra
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The city of Alexandria, Egypt, became famous for these two notable buildings?
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Great library: Pharos lighthouse
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THe family of Greek pharos, descendants of one of Alexander's generals, who ruled Egypt for several centuries was known as what?
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Protemies
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The Egyptians admired Alexander the Great so much they created him a what?
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coin
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After the fall of the new kingdom of egypt, what nations last ruled Egypt for differing periods?
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Libya, Nubia, Assyria, Persia, Greece
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During the time of Ramesses III, the Egyptians repelled an invasion by the "sea peoples" whom it is believed eventually settled in Canaan and became what race?
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Philistines
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The Merneptah stele is very important to archeologists because what name appeared on it for the first time in the historical record?
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Israel
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The four huge statues guarding the southern entrance to Egypt at Abu Simbel represent what Pharaoh?
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Ramesses II
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The Amarna period, as it is called today, was the period of Akhen-aton and what characterized by a distince break with Egypt's past in what area?
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Naturalistic art
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To what modern general was pharoh tut-mosis III, who was the first Pharao to purposely expand Egypts beyond its boarders, beginning an imperial age, compared?
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Nepolean
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What Pharaoh was able for several years to disguise the truth that she was in fact a woman?
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Hat-shep-sut
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What was the great advance in wheel making which allowed Hyksos' chariots to be fast and light?
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spoked wheels
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Who was the Pharah who drove the Hyksos out of Egypt and may have been the "Pharaoh who knew not Joseph"?
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Ahmose I
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According to some methods of dating, the Exodus of Moses and the Hebrews would have occured during the reign of what Pharaoh?
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Ramesses I
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The Hyksos were able to subdue the Egyptian due to their new technology which allowed them to beat the Egyptian in war, what were the Two new weapons they used to great effect?
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Bronze weapons and the war chariot
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In the mummification process what was natron used for?
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to help dry out the body. it was a salt
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In a mummy, a golden scarab protected the dead persons preserved heart, what was a scarab?
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beetle
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In an Egyptian tomb, what were the special jars which held the dead person's preserved lungs, stomach, liver, and intestines known as?
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canopic jars
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What city was the capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom
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Memphis
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What goddess wore the symbol of a chair or throne on her head as she was guardian of the pharaoh's throne and her name meant throne?
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Isis
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What god was the Egyptian god of Mummification, guide and protector of the dead and had the head of a jackal?
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Anubis
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What Egyptian goddess represented all which the Egyptians admired: order, harmony,peace, honor,etc. and was symbolized by a feather?
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ma'at
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What Egyptian goddess was wife to Osiris and even brought him back to life with her great love, and was often pictured with wings?
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Isis (throne)
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Pharah Thuth-mosis IV erected a large stone stele between the legs of the Sphinc in order to commemorat something the Sphinx sent him. what was it?
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Dream
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A guardian spirit, carved out of a rock outcropping, which the Greeks named the Sphinx, stands in front of what pharaohs pyramid?
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Chephren's
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How many years do archeologists estimate it took to build the Great pyramid at Giza?
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20 years
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What pharah ordered the building of the step pyramid at Saqqara?
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Pharaoh Djoser
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What were some of the many artistic symbold the egyptian had for representing Upper and lover Egypt?
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Upper crown= bowling pin
lower crown=ribbon papyrus cobra |
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What literal meaning of the title PHARAOH?
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"Dwells in the White House"
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What were some of the characteristics of powers of egypts pharaoh?
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living god, owned egypt, embodiment of osiris
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The title of Egypt's first pharaoh was mamer. what did it mean?
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tthe striking fish
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in 1871, it was confirmed that the source of the Nile river was what large lake?
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lake victoria
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Using pictures of some "hay" and of a "knee" together to produce the sound alike name "Haynie" is an example of what type of early writting?
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Phonograph
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The people of Mesoptamia made what two important advancements to man's transportation needs?
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the solid wheel
the horse |
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Pagan gods were limited to what THREE areas?
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place, power, knowledge
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pagan worshippers had to seek to please their gods by what method?
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guesswork
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the Amorites invaded Mesoptamia about 1950 B.C. and established what city as their new capital?
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Babylon
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The largest ziggurat ever built, was built to honor the god Sin in what city?
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UR
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What king was responsible for conquering the other city states of Summer and uniting them under his rule?
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Lagalagizze
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What people were different villages traded over sometimes great distances they not only exchanged their goods but what else?
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culture
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How did the coming of agriculture impact human population growth
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there became a steady growth in population
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what river valley systems saw the beginnings of agriculture, all at the same time?
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Egypt:Nile, mesoptamia:tigirs/euphrates, india: indus, china:yellow
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What was the first deity that primitive man worshipped?
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earth mother
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How did the demands of agriculture-watering, weeding, protections, etc. - all bring about a change in mankind's style of living?
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it brought about domestication to people, they needed to settle down in stable communities [villages]
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where did agriculture begin?
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in the river valleys
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the domestication of plants is more properly known as what?
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agriculture
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what was the first bird to be domesticated?
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the duck
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what were the first insects to be domesticated?
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bees and silk worms
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what benefit did fire provide to early mankind?
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protection, cooking, light, heat, communication
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in the animistic religion, what was an animal to which a man became connected/related as a "spiritual" brother after some required ritual called?
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totam
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The Egyptians called their land "the black land" what was it called in their language?
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Kemet
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How many days did it take to make an official, proper mummy in ancient Egypt?
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70 days
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What was the most famou capital of the nation Assyria, and what did Jonah have to do with its rediscovery by a British archeologist?
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Nineveh the hill of Jonah was nebi-yuhus and Austin Henry loyard was happy to find the biblical Nineveh
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What were the the mighty spirits of nature the Zoroastrians worshiped called?
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earth, wind, fire, water [Genii]
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What king of what ancient nation began his nations practice of exiling or deporting captive peoples?
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Tiglath-Pileser III
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Esther was Queen of what king of Persia?
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Xerres
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The ancient persians were the first to realize that to rule an empire efficiently they would need excellent what?
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communication
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Who was the fabulously rich king of Lydia and what did his name come to symbolize?
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King Midas---golden touch [great wealth]
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Who was the British archeologist who discovered Nineveh and what was unusual about his methods?
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Austin Henry Loyard. He dressed in Bedouin clothing as a disguise
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what ancient conqueror did Alexander admire and went out of his way to visit this leaders tomb?
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Cyrus of Persia or Cyrus the Great
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What were the 3 seasonal capitals of ancient Persia?
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Persepolis, susa, ecbatana
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When Egyptians were writting in hieroglyphics, how did they identify a personal name?
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the cartouch
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who was the beautiful queen to egypts crazy pharaoh Akhenaton, and what did her name mean?
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Nefertiti [the beautiful one has come]
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what is the significance of the stepped-pyramid of Djoser ask to design it?
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built of stacked mastabas [the oldest and greatest momument of man]
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what was the "law of the Medes and the Persians?"
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the king can make any law he wants but he must obey it also
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who was the first pharaoh of Egypt and what did he do that was so significant?
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Menes: unites Lower and upper egypt
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before the egyptians developed the pyramid they buried their dead in trapezoidalshaped tombs called what?
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mastabas
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what provided egypt with its major source of trasportation, communication, and unification?
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the Nile River
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what is an ankh and what does it stand for in Egyptian usage?
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symbol of life
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What common or favorable name did the Egyptian peoples use for their beloved homeland?
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kingdom of two lands
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what were the steps in the development of writing?
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pictographic, ideographic. figures represent and sound alike true alphabet
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what method did ancient pagan peoples use to try and discover future will of the gods, and also used to try and influence or change their gods' plans?
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magic, sacrifice (they tried to trick the gods) augury and astrology (tried to out guess the gods)
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what was the first domesticated animal?
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dog/wolf
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what quote about importance of the study of history is writtin about the entrance of the National Archives?
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"Past is Prologue"
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Balshazzar
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Nebucanezzar son (son king of Babylon) party animal
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Medes
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people in the mountains of persia
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Ahriman
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god of darkness; evil
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Ahuramazda
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god of light, purity, truth and good
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magi
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were the priests of Zorostrianisms- maagic
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croesus
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grandfather last ruling rulers of lydians
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aton
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worship of sun disk
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YHWH
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god's name- the God of the Jews all powerful, all knowing, everywhere used to not misues God's name
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Satrap
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ruleable regions- person who ruled these regions were called satrapies
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Cathage
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founded, created, developed by pheonicians and will join power
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Esahaddon, shalmanesar III ad ashurbanipal were all kings of what nation
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syria
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What were the three great legacies that the Hebrews gave to the civilization of the west?
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social ethics, monothesim, revealed religion
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The fact that the Assyrians eventually built a powerful military machine is the result of what geographic influence.
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open-land
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how did cyrus the great of persia treat captured peoples, their goverment officials, their gods, lastly with what principles did he rule?
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tolerance, respect, mercy. he wanted to work with them
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The Hittite empire of Asia Minor, which existed from 1750 B.C. left behind one great contribution to civilization, what was it?
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iron and steel
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What was the relationship between the pyramids of Egypt and Time according to an old Egyptian proverb?
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All the world fears time, time fears the pyramids
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Hypostyle
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post-n-lintle
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henotheist
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acknowledge more than one god, but choose to worship only one theist
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zoroaster
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persian religious teacher intervator mystic. drew a clear line between good and evil
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rennin
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enzyme secreated into the stomach of an animal causing the curdiling of milk. (lining og the cow)
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Rameses II
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3rd ruler of the 19th dynasty/fights the hittites and signs first peace treaty ever recorded. marries princeess as part of treaty. created hypostyle hall
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augury
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the study of signs to tell to future (study of stars)
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Hammurabi
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first most famous king of the Ammmorites established Hammurabis code
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Rosetta stone
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key to egyptian hierglyphs . had hiro/demotic and greek
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osiris
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male earth god, god of the underworld
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Howard carter
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found king tut
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Cheops
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pharaoh that built the first great pyramid
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ka
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soul believed to be the actual human being
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sargon
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first ruler of Akkad he counterr attacked umma/coarcing other states of summer and uniting them
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lex talionis
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eye for an eye. hammurabis law, made it so there was no more escalation
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utnapishtium
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babylonian noah
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How did the Nile river and rivers of mesoptamia differ?which was famous for its unpredictable, destructive dangerous flooding which hampered the development of civilization
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nile: was predictable, moderate, annual flooding broughed fresh soil and moisture
Mesoptamia: dangerous, hampered development |
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what did egyptians do to their kings that the mesoptamians did not do?
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they built pyramids and buried their kings
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what was the most important discovery of ancient metallurgy?
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copper and tin= bronze
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what were the most significant technological spin-offs from agrigulture?
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potters wheel, clot, baked bricks, pottery, waeving
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what are the characteristics of a village?
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homogeneous: race, religion, language, ruled by custom, work shared, better economy, matriarchal
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what were the major contributions which the egyptians gave to the world?what were the major contributions the summerians gave?
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egyptians: cosmetics, beer, paper, geometry, labor
summerians: first cities, first writing, first government, first kings, first laws. |
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the relationship which ancient peoples had with their gods was affected by the attitude they had towards their gods. how would you describe their relationship to their gods? how do you explain their attitude?
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they were limited in power. had an attitude of how to outguess the gods=disrespect
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