201360938 | Sargon of Akkad | World's first emperor of first empire | 0 | |
201360939 | Hammurabi | Leader of Amorites | 1 | |
201360940 | Menes | Unifier of upper and lower Egypt | 2 | |
201360941 | Hatshepsut | woman regent of Egypt - wanted to be remembered as man | 3 | |
201360942 | Thutmosis III | Who expanded the Egyptian Empire territorially? | 4 | |
201360943 | Amenhotep IV | Tried to make Egypt monotheistic (sun god only) | 5 | |
201360944 | Akhenaten | what Amenhotep changed his name to | 6 | |
201360945 | Tut | Takes over after his father is assassinated (Egypt) | 7 | |
201360946 | Saul | 1st king of Israelites | 8 | |
201360947 | Solomon | Built temple in Jerusalem | 9 | |
201360948 | David | Built Jerusalem | 10 | |
201360949 | Ashurbinapal | Assyrian king | 11 | |
201360950 | Nebachadnezzar | forced Jews into Babylonian Captivity | 12 | |
201360951 | Cyrus the Great | creater of the Persion Empire | 13 | |
201360952 | Darius the Great | Built Persepolis | 14 | |
201360953 | Darius the Great | Extended Persion Empire to Indus River | 15 | |
201360954 | Darius the Great | Practiced Zoroastrianism | 16 | |
201360955 | Hammurabi | Had written code of law (eye for eye...) | 17 | |
201360956 | Paleolithic Age | remembered for fire, language, division of labor | 18 | |
201360957 | Neolithic Revolution | domestication of plants and animals, independent development, controlled environment | 19 | |
201360958 | Catul Huyuk | First modern day city | 20 | |
201360959 | Anatolia, Turkey | Present day location of Catul Huyuk | 21 | |
201360960 | Obsidian | What was traded widely in Catul Huyuk | 22 | |
201360961 | Mesopotamia | Located on Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | 23 | |
201360962 | Egypt | Located on Nile River | 24 | |
201360963 | India | Located on Indus River Valley | 25 | |
201360964 | China | Located on Yellow River | 26 | |
201360965 | China | Most continuous civilization; 300 BCE - present | 27 | |
201360966 | Sumer | most populated city-state of Mesopotamia | 28 | |
201360967 | Epic of Gilgamesh | story from Ur; flood destroys everything (Noah's Ark?) | 29 | |
201360968 | Ziggurat | Huge temple at center of Ur; pyramid-shaped | 30 | |
201360969 | Theocracy | Gov't in Sumer | 31 | |
201360970 | Double Diadem | 2 crowns together; Egypt; shows unity | 32 | |
201360971 | Memphis | capital of Old Kingdom | 33 | |
201360972 | Books of the Dead | Most famous Heiroglyphics writing; tells path to eternal happiness | 34 | |
201360973 | Osiris | Egpytian god of the dead | 35 | |
201360974 | Iris | Wife of Egpytian god of the dead | 36 | |
201360975 | Ka | soul-spirit, which is to be protected in Egypt | 37 | |
201360976 | Suez Canal | Present-day name of canal built in Middle Kingdom | 38 | |
201360977 | Nile River | River that has predictable flooding | 39 | |
201360978 | Tigris/ Euphrates Rivers | Rivers with unpredictable flooding | 40 | |
201360979 | Hyksos | Indo-Europeans that control Egypt for 150 years during Middle Kingdom | 41 | |
201360980 | Thebes | Capital of Egypt in New Kingdom | 42 | |
201360981 | Egyptians | Who created 365 day calendar | 43 | |
201360982 | Egyptians | Who classified dieases, medicinal/ poisonous classes in the ancient Middle East? | 44 | |
201360983 | Hittites | First to have iron weapons | 45 | |
201360984 | Phoenicians | First maritime-based civilization | 46 | |
201360985 | Byblos, Tyre, Sidon | Cities of Phoenicians | 47 | |
201360986 | Carthage | Most important Phoenician colony | 48 | |
201360987 | Phoenicians | created phonetic alphabet! | 49 | |
201360988 | Purple | color of dye used by Phoenicians | 50 | |
201360989 | Hebrews | Monotheistic civilization - Headed by Abraham | 51 | |
201360990 | Rameses II | Enslaves Hebrews after famine | 52 | |
201360991 | Assyrians | Overthrow Israelites in 8th century BCE | 53 | |
201360992 | Assyrians | Brutal military - strategic fighting | 54 | |
201360993 | Nineveh | Capital for Assyrians | 55 | |
201360994 | Chaldeans | Semitic-speaking; create 2nd Babylonian Empire | 56 | |
201360995 | Chaldeans | Overthrown by Persians | 57 | |
201360996 | Persian Empire | World's first superpower | 58 | |
201360997 | Susa | Original capital of Persian Empire | 59 | |
201360998 | Persepolis | Second capital of Persian Empire | 60 | |
201360999 | Satraps | Names for Persian governors & provinces | 61 | |
201361000 | Royal Road | Mail system built by Persians to allow info to travel faster | 62 | |
201361001 | Zoroastrianism | Truly 1st monotheistic religion; biggest in world at one point | 63 |
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