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Ch. 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyksos | He ruled Egypt from about 1640 to 1570 B.C. |
| Hatshepsut | Declared herself pharaoh around 1472 B.C. |
| Nubia | A region straddled the upper Nile River. |
| Ramses 2 | A Hittite king later made a treaty that promised " peace between brotherhood us forever." |
| Kush | Lasted about a thousand years. |
| Assyria | Acquired a large empire. |
| Sennacherib | Bragged that he had destroyed 89 cities and 820 villages, burned babylon, and ordered most of its inhabitants killed. |
| Nineveh | Along the Tigris River. |
| Ashurbanipal | Collected more than 20,000 clay tablets. |
| Medes | Burned and leveled Nineveh. |
| Chaldeans | Helped Medes level and burn Nineveh |
| Hyksos | He ruled Egypt from about 1640 to 1570 B.C. |
| Hatshepsut | Declared herself pharaoh around 1472 B.C. |
| Nubia | A region straddled the upper Nile River. |
| Ramses 2 | A Hittite king later made a treaty that promised " peace between brotherhood us forever." |
| Kush | Lasted about a thousand years. |
| Piankhi | Overthrew the Libyan dynasty that had ruled over Egypt for over 200 years. |
| Assyria | Acquired a large empire. |
| Sennacherib | Bragged that he had destroyed 89 cities and 820 villages, burned babylon, and ordered most of its inhabitants killed. |
| Nineveh | Along the Tigris River. |
| Ashurbanipal | Collected more than 20,000 clay tablets. |
| Medes | Burned and leveled Nineveh. |
| Chaldeans | Helped Medes level and burn Nineveh |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Babylon was restored by him |
| Cyrus | Persia's king, began to conquer several neighboring kingdoms. |
| Cambyses | Named after Cyrus's father, expanded the Persian empire by conquering Egypt. |
| Darius | A noble of the ruling dynasty, had begun his career as a member of the king's bodyguard. |
| Satrap | Darius installed a governor called? |
| Royal road | It ran from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia, a distance of 1,677 miles. |
| Zoroaster | Lived around 600 B.C. |
| Confucius | Lived in a time where the Zhou dynasty was in a decline |
| Filial piety | Respect for parents and ancestors. |
| Bureaucracy | Those who run the government |
| Yin and yang | Two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life. |
| Qin dynasty | Replaced the Zhou dynasty. |
| Shi Huangdi | Means first ruler. |