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Created the first empire and was the minister to the king of Kish Sargon of Akkad
Orginated from Babylon and complied a set of codes Hammurabi
Created the "Hanging Garden of Babylon" Nebuchdnezzer
came from Ur then in 180 BCE, he migrated to Palestine where his descendants assimilated many ways of the Mesopotamians into their culture Abraham
Moses taught that there was only one god who was the creator of the universe: Yaweh
Shepherd, became the king of the Persians from 558-548BCE Cyrus
He: Utilized imperial spies called “the eyes and ears of the king” Issued a standardized set of coins and attempted to standardize legal systems Built the Persian Royal Roads Postal services were also an important form of communication Darius
stabilized the western frontier by creating buffer states between them and the Romans Shapur I
“the wise lord”, was the supreme god Ahura Mazda
“the destructive spirit” was one of the lesser gods Angra Mainyu
Reigned during the Byzantine he Issued the Corpus iuris civilis (Body of the Civil Law) Justinian
Ordered the Council of Nicea Constantine
He supported iconoclasm Leo III
Patriarch of Constantinople who made them adopt reforms St. Basil of Caesarea
The ONE God Allah
Was selected as caliph acted as head of state, chief judge, religious leader, and military commander Abu Bakr
Was a leader who allied the Sunni with the Shias Abu al-Abbas
Created the Ottoman Empire Osman Bey
Started the Crusades Pope Urban II
Attempted to restore traditional style rule Created a more efficient army Taught a European curricula Created secondary education Mahmud II
Dissolved parliaments exiling and executing liberals Abd al- Hamid II
Father of the Turks Mustafa Kemal
took control in 1941, and faced democratic opposition by Muhammad Mosaddeq (prime minister) Muhammad Reza Shah
became the leader of the revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Launched attacks in 1980 in Iran Saddam Hussein
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