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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyksos | Asiatic invaders |
| Hatshepsut | Declared herself pharaoh in 1472 b.c. Took over because her stepson was a child. |
| Piankhi | A kushite king. |
| Nubia | Region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile river |
| Queen Ahhotep | She took over when her husband was killed in battle. |
| Tutmoses ||| | Took over after his step mom Hatshepsut maybe even killed her. |
| New kingdom | Lasted from 1570-1075b.c. |
| Nineveh | Where Assyrians capital is. |
| Sennacherib | An Assyrian king |
| Nebuchadnezzar | A Chaldean king |
| Assyria | Southwest Asian kingdom |
| Medes | Southwest Asian people |
| Chaldeans | Southwest Asian people |
| Cyrus | Persian king |
| Cambyses | Cyrus's son and another Persian king |
| Darius | Cambyses successor ruled after Cambyses died |
| Zoroaster | A Persian prophet. |
| Royal road | A trading route. |
| Satrap | A governer |
| Yin and yang | Twopowers that together represented the natural rhythms of life |
| Legalism | Chinese philosophy where a powerful government is key to social order |
| Filial piety | Respect for parents and ancestors |
| Confucius | China's most influential scholar |
| Daoism | Philosophy of laozi |
| Autocracy | Government that has unlimited power |