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Caley Reed
Ch.4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyksos | Ruled Egypt from about 1640 to 1570 B.C. |
| Hatshepsut | They declared thereselves pharaoh around 1472B.C |
| Thutmose lll | Proved to be a much more warlike ruler. |
| Nubia | A region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River. |
| Ramses ll | Later made a treaty that promised "peace and brotherhood between us forever." |
| In 751 B.C, who overthrew the Libyan dynasty that ruled Egypt for over 200 years? | Piankhi |
| In the beginning, around 850 B.C who acquired a large empire? | Assyria |
| Which one of the Assyrian kings bragged because they destroyed 89 cities and 820 villages, burned Babylon, and ordered most of its inhabitants killed? | Sennacherib |
| Who had burned Babylon and also established Assyrias capital at Nineveh along the Tigris River? | King Sennacherib |
| Who collected more than 20,000 clay tablets from throughout the Fertile Crescet? | King Ashurbanipal |
| Who restored the city? | A Chaldean king named Nebuchadnezzar |
| Which two kings, mentioned in the chapter burned and leveled Nineveh? | Medes and Chaldeans |
| In 550 B.C, what king began to conquer several neighboring kingdoms? | Cyrus |
| When did Cyrus die? | In 530 B.C. |
| What is Cyrus' son's name? | Cambyses |
| Who is Cambyses' successor? | Darius |
| What is the name of the famous road? | Royal Road |
| What is the name of the governor that Darius installed? | Satrap |
| Who is China's most influential scholar? | Confucius |
| What does filial piety mean? | Where children need to practice respect for their parents and ancestors. |
| What does bureaucracy mean? | A trained civil service, or those who run the government. |
| Who's the philosophy of Laozi? | Daoism |
| What is yin and yang? | Two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life. |
| What does Shi Huangdi mean? | First Emperor. |
| What did Shi Huangdi establish? | Autocracy |
| What does autocracy mean? | A government that has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner. |
| What does l Ching mean? | It means to solve ethical or practical problems. |
| What is A Zoroaster? | A Persian prophet. |
| Why did Medes and Chaldeans burned and level Nineveh? | Because the clay writing tablets in Nineveh's library had been baked in a pottery oven. |
| Did Meroë or Napata lay closer to the Red Sea? | Meroë |
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