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Question | Answer |
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What was the sumerians way of writing called? | cuneiform |
who was the first ruler to establish a permanent army? | Sargon 1 |
the akkadians formed the fist ever empire which included what areas? | sumer and northern mesoopotamia |
the babylonians settled where? | on the euphrates, near modern baghdad. |
hammurabi is most famous for what? | Hammurabi's code of laws |
what were the indo-europeans made up of? | several trides speaking related languages from north of the black sea |
what trade were the hittites masters of? | ironworking techniques |
what was the assyrians main power? | its fierce warrior like attitude |
what was the ancient text based on a sumerian king called? | the epic of gilgamesh |
the chaldean's palace was famous for what? | the hanging gardens of babylon |
nebuchadnezzer was famous for doing what? | defeating jerusalem and taking many of its people to babylon as slaves |
the phoenicians relied on what for their economy? | trade |
hebrews follow what religion | judaism |
God gave what to Abraham? | the covenant |
moses was an isrelite but was raised where? | in the pharaoh's palace |
the persians were first conquered by who? | THE MEDES |
cyrus the great was known for what triumph | leading a revolt against the medes and uniting both the persians and the medes under his rule. |
what was darius 1 first task to restore persia? | restoring its armies |
xerxes was infamous for what failure | failing to conqure greece for the second time in persian history |
zoroastrianism was based on the teaching of whom? | zoroaster |