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Minoans
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*lived on Crete in the Agean Sea
*named after King Minus *thought to be a myth until the ruins were discovered *thought to be the 1st Greeks |
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Why did the Minoans turn to the sea for their livlihood?
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there iland was infertele
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How did the Minoans use their sailing skills?
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For trade and to bring back culture to Crete from The Nile Valley and Mesopotamia .
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What was the form of writng used by the Minoans?
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They had a form of writing, but it hasn't been able to be deciphered.
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The Labrynth, the Minotaur were used for what?
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They were supposedly on Crete and used for the sacrifice of young boys and girls.
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Capital City of Minoan civilazation?
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Knossos
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the phoenicians were called
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"the carriers of civilization"
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the phoenicians were located in
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Lebianon
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the phoenicians had great farming and grew meny crops (true or false)
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(false) there land wasint fertile enough so there was no large scale farming
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what did the phoenicians live off of
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the sea
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what was the most famus treading coleny in phoenician controle named
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carthage
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how did the phoenicians help advance less advanced civilazations
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through treading and colonization the phoenicians told meny people of the advancements of egypt and mesopotamia
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the phoenicians were good at bilding sailing and useing _________ to tread and spread calture
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ships
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were did the phoenicians sail to get tin
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great Briton
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the phoenicians are said to have sailed around _______
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the contanent of africa
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what were the to most importent things the phoenicians used and treaded
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seeder (wood) and purple dye made from snails called murex
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1 snail would make 10000 drops of purple dye (true or false)
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(false) it is said that 1 snail would make 1 drop of dye
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today we have a form of writeing derived from what phoenician form of writeing
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phonics
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where did the minoans live
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on the iland of crete
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in what sea was the minoans civilazation located
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aegean sea
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what was the minoans people named after
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king minus
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in minoan lands every 1 had running water (true or false)
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(false) only the high class had running water
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what was the name of the paintings that were carved into walls in minoans lands
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frescoes
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this is why we no so much about the minoans
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Socrates thought the Minoan civilization to be what
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atlantus
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how was the minoan civalization distroyed
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it was ingalfed by a tidle wave from the iland of Santorini
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the assyrians were the most noble of the ancent lands (true or false)
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(false)the assyrians were hardly noble they were a war like people
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what kind of government did the assyrians have
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the assyrians had a monarcy
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how did the assyrian king controle all his land
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they split the lad into 2 providinces (upper and lower)and he used his goveners to colect taxes and keep the best controle he could
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the assyrians had a great empier (true or false)
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(true) it was so succseful meny middle eastern civalizations modaled after it
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why did the assyrians bild roads
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to move milatary faster to where its needed
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what was the name of assyrian civalizations capatle city
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nenava
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where was the assyrians lands?
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northern iraq
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the assyrians power didint reatch far past the fertile creasent (true or false)
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(false) not only did they controle the fertile creasent but also most of egypt and anatolia (turkey)
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why did the assyrians have such a great army
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constant attacks from outsiders
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where is the statue of zeus at
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olympia
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what wonder of thw world is in ephesus
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temple of artemis
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what wonder of the world is at halicarnassus
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mausoleum at halicarnassus
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where is the colossus of rhodes located
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rhodes
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where is the pharos of alexandria at
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alexandria
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what r the 2 most well nown wonders of the world
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the pyramids and the hanging gardons of babylon
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what r the three mager religions
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critianity jewdisum muslum
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where was jewdisum started and why
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in ur thats where aberham was
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what was the name of the land yowhee promised aberham
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canaan
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why did aberham leave canaan?
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drought
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what r the 4 main diffrences between jewdisum and other religons of the time
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1.)monothistic
2.)god is all powerful 3.)god is a spectrale being 4.)u can choose between good and evil 5.)god promised to protect his people as long as they wershuped him |
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god promised to protect his people as long as they wershiped him what is this thruse called
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a covenit
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who was cyrus king of
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the persions
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cyrus was nown as a great ruler becouse he
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government and milatary accomplishments
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where did cyrus die
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on the battle feild
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who toke controle after cyrus
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camybyses (his son)
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what land did camybyses conqure to gain much land
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egypt
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camybyses was more tolerent of his people hen his fother (true/false)
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false he was horrible to the people
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who stole controle from camybyses
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darius with the help of the thoused emortales
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after cumybyses death what did the people do
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they rieted
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what did the medes and chaldeans do?
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they distroyed assrion empier
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what is the capitle city of persions
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nineveh
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what is a satrap
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a goverment of provinces in persion empire
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what r satrapies
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the provinces themselfs
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