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history chapter 3
the middle east
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the 3 great monotheistic religions | islam, judaism, christianity |
| prophet who warned assyrians of God's judgement | jonah |
| prophet taken captive by babylonians | daniel |
| who supplanted the persians in 334 bc | macedonians |
| the romans conquered the remaining macedonian lands in | 30 bc |
| eastern roman empire was called | byzantine |
| conquered and ruled much of middle east from 1300 to WWI | ottoman turks |
| during islamic expansion, muslims attempted but failed to conquer | constantinople |
| period of islamic expansion | ad 632-ad 750 |
| significant that byzantine empire stopped muslim empire when it did because | european nations were unable to defend themselves at the time |
| asia minor | hittite empire |
| fertile crescent and northern egypt | assyrian empire |
| world's first great library | assyrian |
| first postal system | persian |
| 2000 bc | old babylonian |
| tiglath pileser I | assyrian |
| iron weapons | hittite |
| capitol city was ninevah | assyrian |
| destroyed jersalem in 586 bc | new babylonian |
| stretched from egypt to india | persian |
| xerxes | persian |
| began in 539 bc | persian |
| was at its height in 1400 bc | hittite |
| mesopotamia | old babylonian |
| fertile crescent, including southern kingdom of judah | new babylonian |
| place value notation | old babylonian |
| queen esther | persian |
| nehemiah | persian |
| hammurabi's code | old babylonian |
| Iraq's capital | baghdad |
| Iran's capital | tehran |
| egypt's capital | cairo |
| israel's capital | jerusalem |
| religion of islam; god they worshiped holy book, holy city, highest prophet, followers are called, how followers belive salvation is acheived | allah(god), korah(book), mecca (city), muhammed(prophet), muslims(followers), daily fasting, prayers, and pilgrimage (acheived) |