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Bailee Johnson
Ch. 4
Term | Definition |
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Hyksos | Asiatic invaders that ruled Egypt from 1640-1570BC |
New kingdom | Overthrew the Hyksos, ruled from 1570-1075 BC |
Thutmose 3 | Killed stepmother to become king |
Kush | Egypt country that lasted from 2000-1000BC |
Meröe | Trade flourished with Africa, Arabia, and India |
Piankhi | Over threw the Libyan people that took over Egypt |
Sennacherib | Bragged about destroying things |
Nineveh | Assyria's capital |
King Ashurbanipal | Collected more than 20,000 clay tablets |
Epic of Gilgamesh | Ancient Sumerian poem |
Nebuchadnezzar | King that restored Babylon |
Assyria | Defeted Syria, Israel, Judah, and Babylon |
Cyrus | Treated people that he conquered like they were never conquered before |
Cambyses | Expanded the Persian empire by conquering Egypt |
satrap | Like a governor |
Royal Road | 1600 mile road that stretched from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia |
Zoroaster | Created Zoroastrian |
Ahura Mazda | The god you believe in when you study Zoroastrian |
Confucius | Most inspirational Chinese scholar |
Laozi | Created Daoism |
Yin and Yang | Yin is the darkness in the universe. Yang is the good in everything. Together they represent the universe. The circle shape represents unity. |
Shi Hiangdi | Name means "First Emperor" |
Qin Dynasty | Lasted for a very short time |
autocracy | Government that has unlimited power and uses it in an abritrary power |