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World History test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| formerly Amenhotep IV, changed Egypt's religion from polytheism to monotheism | Akhenaten |
| Akhenaten's queen | Nefertiti |
| Ethiopian civilization | Aksum |
| one of the most ancient dynasties was the _________ dynasty of this place | Shang; ancient china |
| Ancient Israelites fought the Canaanites for their evil because the Canaanites practiced this | child sacrifice |
| Mesopotamian city that became an empire: 2 phases: old ______________ empire, neo- ______________ empire, counquered Iraq | Babylon |
| Sumerian system of writing | cuneiform |
| Cyrus began the _____________ dynasty of Persia | Achaemenid |
| Last king of the medo-persian empire | Darius III |
| oldest story | Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Babylonian king who created the first legal code called the | code of Hammurabi |
| first female Pharaoh | Hatshepsut |
| writing system of Egyptians | hieroglyphics |
| paper Egyptians used | papyrus |
| civilization in Turkey that helped destroy the Assyrian empire | Hittites |
| invaded Egypt, semitic, introduced the chariot to Egypt | Hyksos |
| Developed in India-Pakistan region | Indus Valley Civilization |
| Also known as Cheops, built the Great Pyramid | Khufu |
| Combining Medes and Persians into one empire | Medo-Persian Empire |
| Indus Valley civilization city | Mohenjo-Daro |
| Neo-babylonian king; conquered Judah in the book of Daniel | Nebuchadnezzar |
| 2nd phase of Babylonian empire | neo-babylonian empire |
| ancient Egypt civilization developed around this | Nile River |
| Powerful African civilization that rivaled and sometimes ruled Egypt | Nubia |
| Three phases of ancient Egyptian History | old, middle, new kindoms |
| Mesoamerican civilization | Olmecs |
| seafarers from Tyre and Sidon, founded Carthage | Phoenicians |
| built in the old kingdom, in giza | Pyramids of Giza and the Sphynx |
| One of the last great Pharaohs, ruled a long time, potential exodus Pharaoh, from 19th dynasty | Ramesses II |
| built to link Persian empire | royal road |
| one of the oldest civilizations | Sumer |
| stepson of Hatshepsut, chiseled her inscriptions out, Pharaoh of the furthest extent of the Egyptian empire | Thutmosis III |
| returned Egypt to polytheism, his intact tomb was discovered | Tutankhamun(king tut) |
| Where was upper Egypt | south |
| Where was lower Egypt | north |
| defeated by the Greeks at Salamis | Xerxes I |
| Sumerian temple | ziggurat |