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Cassidy Riley
Ch.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyksos | Ruled Egypt from 1640bc to 1570bc. These were the asiatic invaders who shook Egypt. |
| New Kingdom | 1570bc to 1075bc. Was made of broken kingdoms forming back into one. |
| Hatshepsut | Was the pharaoh of Egypt in about 1472bc. |
| Thutmose 3 | Hatshepsuts stepson. Lead advances eastward into Syria and Canaan. Died in 1425bc |
| Nubia | A region of Africa that straddles the upper Nile river |
| Ramses 2 | The pharaoh and Hittite king. Promised peace and brotherhood between us forever |
| Kush | The Nubian kingdom |
| Piankhi | The Kushite king who overthrew the Libyan dynasty |
| Meroe | Center of the kush dynasty 250bc - 150 ad |
| Assyria | A southwest Asian kingdom from about 850bc to 612bc |
| Sennacherib | The Assyrian king that destroyed 89 cities and 890 villages |
| Medes | A southwest Asian people who helped destroy the Assyrian empire |
| Chaldeans | A southwest Asian people who helped destroy the Assyrian empire |
| Hyksos | Ruled Egypt from 1640bc to 1570bc. These were the asiatic invaders who shook Egypt. |
| New Kingdom | 1570bc to 1075bc. Was made of broken kingdoms forming back into one. |
| Hatshepsut | Was the pharaoh of Egypt in about 1472bc. |
| Thutmose 3 | Hatshepsuts stepson. Lead advances eastward into Syria and Canaan. Died in 1425bc |
| Nubia | A region of Africa that straddles the upper Nile river |
| Ramses 2 | The pharaoh and Hittite king. Promised peace and brotherhood between us forever |
| Kush | The Nubian kingdom |
| Piankhi | The Kushite king who overthrew the Libyan dynasty |
| Meroe | Center of the kush dynasty 250bc - 150 ad |
| Assyria | A southwest Asian kingdom from about 850bc to 612bc |
| Sennacherib | The Assyrian king that destroyed 89 cities and 890 villages |
| Medes | A southwest Asian people who helped destroy the Assyrian empire |
| Chaldeans | A southwest Asian people who helped destroy the Assyrian empire |
| Nebuchadnezzar | A Chaldean king who restored babylon |
| Cyrus | Persian king. Controlled empire that span 2000 miles. |
| Cambyses | Cyrus's son. Conquered Egypt and scorned their religion. |
| Darius | Successor to Cambyses. Took the throne in 522bc |
| Satrap | A locally ruling governor |
| Royal road | Runs from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia a distance of 1677 miles |
| Zoroaster | A Persian prophet, who taught the world is a battleground |
| Nineveh | Assyrians Capitol |
| Ashurbanipal | King who collected more than 20000 clay tablets throughout the Fertile Crescent |
| Confucius | Confucius was born born 551bc and was the leader of Confuciusism |
| Filial piety | Respect shown by children for their parents and elders |
| Bureaucracy | A system of departments and agencies or de to carry out the work of government. |
| Daoism | A philosophy based on the Chinese thinker laozi. Who thought people should be taught by the dao |
| Legalism | A Chinese political philosophy based on the idea that a highly efficient and powerful government is the key to social order. |
| I Ching | A book of oracles |
| Ying and yang | Two powers that together represent the natural rhythms of life. |
| Shi Huangdi | Ruler of the Qin dynasty for 20+ years |
| Autocracy | A system where the government has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner |
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