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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decline of Egypt’s New Kingdom and the rise of Kush Around what time did Egyptian power start to decline? What caused this? | 1200 b.c., because after Ramses died many invasions took place. Egypt never regained power after the invasions. |
| Discuss the cultural diffusion that took place between Egypt and Kush | Egypt occupied Kush for a brief period of time. Egypt spread to Kush through trade. Once Egypt began to decline Kush began to emerge as a regional power. |
| What happened in 751 BCE? Why did Piankhi want to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh? | Kush king, Piankhi, overthrew the libyan dynasty that ruled Egypt. He wanted to unite the Nile valley with the Napata valley. |
| Why did the Kushites retreat south up the Nile in 671 BCE? Where did they settle? | They ran from the Assyrians. They finally settled in Meroe. |
| What were two benefits of settling in Meroe? | 1)closer to the red sea 2)trade with Africa, Arabia, and India 3)rainfall, iron ore 1)closer to the red sea 2)trade with Africa, Arabia, and India 3)rainfall, iron ore |
| How did Meroe start to decline? When were they defeated? | After Aksum defeated them in 350 A.D. |
| Discuss the Assyrian approach to warfare. Include at least four specific details. | 1) Warfare: VERY VALUED, HEAVY ARMOR MADE OF LEATHER AND COPPER, NO MERCY 2) Organization: PONTOONS WERE ESTABLISHED, WEAKENED THE CITIES BY KNOCKING DOWN WALLS AND DIGGING UNDER THE AREA |
| How did the Assyrians govern the lands they had conquered? | Dependent territories: MADE THE TERRITORIES NEED THE ASSYRIANS FOR RESOURCES HAD TO PAY TAXES AND TRIBUTES (TAXES= MONEY TRIBUTES=OTHER VALUABLES) |
| Name a positive contribution of Sennacherib. | His architectural innovations, ESTABLISHED CAPITAL: Nineveh |
| Describe the library at Nineveh. Who built it? | Ashravanibal |
| Why was he charged with rebuilding Babylon? | This was a duty of the king, sanacharibb was the one who destroyed it. |
| What happened in 612 BCE? | Calvinists and meads overthrew the Assyrians. |
| What did the Chaldeans do with Babylon after it was conquered? Who restored it? | Nebuchadnezzar built buildings for the city and made it the capital. |
| Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the fabled Hanging Gardens there? List two additional features of Babylon during this period: | His wife missed seeing the flowering bushes. Thin large wall 7 tiered ziggurat- observatory |
| What set Cyrus the Great apart from other rulers at the time? Be specific. | He was kind to those he conquered, wise and tolerant to the empire, and kneels in the temples. |
| How did Cyrus’s son Cambyses manage to lose the Egyptian territories? | Instead of being kind, he was scornful. He was very crude to the people of the empires. |
| Discuss the organization/ administration behind the Persian Empire as led by Darius. Give at least two specific examples. | Divided empire into 20 provinces, where a governor was assigned. Each province followed their own ways of life. Royal road was made to travel through all of the empire. They created one of the first coined money. |
| What were the basic beliefs of Zoroastrianism? | Earth is a battleground that a fight is between the spirit of good and the spirit of evil. When you die you are judged by Hermosa. |
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