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) |