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| 7557003727 | Why have historians called the Assyrian Empire of the first millennium BCE the first true empire? | The Assyrian Empire has been known as the first true empire because of the large land area they conquered and had influence on. Also, because of the Diverse population , large-scale trade, and availability to many resources. | 0 | |
| 7557006501 | How were the Assyrians able to conquer and control such a large and diverse empire? | The Assyrians were able to conquer and control so much because of the many capitals throughout the empire, advanced technology- iron, and strong military. Their military was very rewarding because in exchange for service individuals could receive more land, this was called the Spoils of War. | 1 | |
| 7557011307 | Banpo village | Remains included pottery and bronze. | 2 | |
| 7557013567 | Xia | hereditary monarchy, Flood control(extremely important!- Dams) | 3 | |
| 7557016433 | Shang | (1766-1122 BCE): created a monopoly of bronze, horse-drawn chariots, large armies, political organizations(fortified cities: walls) | 4 | |
| 7557019728 | Zhou | 1122- 256 BCE): no written laws(rule by decree) - decentralization of authority: large taxes: internal conflicts and external northern invaders, fighting in regional kingdoms , cheap iron instead of bronze, literature- order (confucius) written on perishable bamboo srips- fell apart not well preserved | 5 | |
| 7557023597 | Writing in China | Pictograph to Ideograph | 6 | |
| 7557026089 | Steppe Nomads | not able to grow crops very well moved on to herding : tensions-frequent raidings | 7 | |
| 7557030468 | dominant ppl in mespotamia | Sumerians | 8 | |
| 7557033158 | King Nebuchadnezzar | (reigned 605 - 562 BCE) lavished wealth and resources on his capital city. | 9 | |
| 7557035303 | Hebrew law borrows | the principle of lex talionis from Hammurabi's code. | 10 | |
| 7557037448 | Phonecians: | In place of a unified monarchy, they had a series of states ruled by local kings. | 11 | |
| 7557040808 | The Hittities were responsible for two technological innovations | the construction of light, horse-drawn chariots and the refinement of iron metallu | 12 | |
| 7557044220 | The power of the pharohs was strongest during | the first millennium of Egyptian history. | 13 | |
| 7557047962 | Hyksos | (meaning, "foreign rulers"), from southwest Asia. The Hyksos introduced horses and horse-drawn chariots to Egypt, and also the use of bronze tipped weaponry (Egyptians had formerly only used wooden weapons). | 14 | |
| 7557050265 | Tuthmosis III | (reigned 1479 - 1425 BCE) personally led 17 campaigns to Palestine and Syria. He dominated the coastal regions of the eastern Mediterranean, as well as North Africa. | 15 | |
| 7557052962 | After 1900 BCE, the Harappan society largely collapsed | Firstly, because of deforestation, which lead to decreased rainfall and erosion. Another cause would be natural disasters, such as a sudden flood or earthquake. | 16 |
