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History chapter 1

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Among the specialized occupations to be found in an ancient Sumerian city were all of the following except none of these choices
Sumerian religion featured anthropomorphic personifications of natural forces.
This was not part of the Fertile Crescent. Lower Egypt
Hammurabi was concerned with regulating commerce.
Hammurabi was a famous lawgiver of the Old Babylonian Empire.
Hammurabi's reign was 1792-1750 B.C.E.
The Assyrians at one time or another before the seventh century B.C.E. brought all of the following under their domination except India
The most famous Neo-Babylonian king was Nebuchadnezzar.
A distinguishing characteristic of Chaldean religion was ____. the equating of the gods with the planets.
Compared with Mesopotamian civilization, ancient Egypt was none of these choices
In ancient Egypt, most people lived in small villages.
Which of the following was farthest north? Giza
The "Rosetta Stone" bears an inscription in hieroglyphic Egyptian and in demotic Egyptian and Greek.
In the history of ancient Egypt, the "Great Humiliation" refers to its conquest by the Hyksos
The temple complex of Amon at Karnak was built by pharaohs of the New Kingdom
Hieroglyphic Egyptian was deciphered by Jean François Champollion.
The king traditionally credited with the unification of upper and lower Egypt is Menes
The Kushite kingdom emerged as a significant independent power by 700 B.C.E.
Kushite rule in Egypt was ended by the conquests of the Assyrians.
Meroë was well known as a center for the production of iron
Evidence shows that the Kushites of Meroë may have had a matrilineal society.
The Kushites of Meroë had indirect trade relations with China. India. Arabia.
The Kushites began to have close relations with Greeks after 332 B.C.E.
Prior to the discoveries made by Heinrich Schliemann, most historians believed that none of these choices
The Aegean area embraces all of the following except Sicily
The percent of land that is suitable for cultivation in Greece is less than 20
The Minoan civilization was subjugated sometime after 1380 by the Mycenaeans
Of the following, which lies farthest south? Crete
Deductions from their vocabulary tell us that the "proto-Indo-Europeans" were unfamiliar with seafaring. agriculturalists. socially patriarchal.
The Hittites were responsible for which of the following innovations in the ancient Near East? iron working
The first Greek speakers arrived in the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula around 2000 B.C.E.
The Linear B script was used by the Mycenaeans mainly for record keeping
During the Greek Dark Age, the population of Greece fell about 80 percent.
The collapse of Mycenaean civilization began around 1200 B.C.E.
The Persian king who first engineered Persia's rise to the status of a major power in the ancient world was Cyrus
The Lydian king Croesus was renowned in Greece for his wealth
Coined money was invented by the Lydians
Which of the following successfully resisted Persian imperial expansion? none of these choices
The basic administrative structures installed by Darius lasted until Alexander's conquest in 330 B.C.E.
Even at its greatest extent, the Persian Empire did not include the Balkan peninsula.
In the traditional ancient Iranian religion, the magi were priest-astrologers.
Zoroastrianism is still a living faith in some areas of India and Pakistan.
The Persians showed their greatest originality in religion.
The territory of the Chavin society originated on the Pacific coast of present-day Peru and quickly extended into the Andean highlands from Ecuador to Chile.
Amerindians had established permanent agricultural settlements along the coast of Peru by 3000 B.C.E.
The first known widespread civilization in Peru was the Chavin
Which of the following statements about Olmec civilization is false? It arose in environmental circumstances similar to those of the early civilizations of Eurasia.
The largest Olmec city and its immediate environs probably had a population of about 368,000.
An essential material used in tool making by the Olmec was obsidian
Which of the following statements about Olmec religion is false? The Olmec did not practice human sacrifice.
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