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The Earth and its Peoples: Chapter 3 Flashcards

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213708553Iron AgePeriod where iron tools and weapons instead of bronze0
213708554Hittiesforemost power in Anatolia from 1700 to 1200 B.C.E.1
213708555HatsheputQueen of New Kingdom of Egypt2
213708556AkhenatenEgyptian pharoah who changed his name to spread the belief in Aten as the supreme god3
213708557Ramesses IILong-lived ruler of New Kingdom Egypt who undertook monumental building projects4
213708558MinoanCivilization of Aegean Island of Crete in second millennium B.C.5
213708559MycenaeFortified palace complex that controlled Late Bronze Age kingdom6
213708560shaft gravesBodies buried with jewelry, weapons and utensils7
213708561Linear BPictorial symbols that represented syllables8
213708562Neo-Assyrian EmpireLarge empire that used terror tactics to maintain control9
213708563Mass deportationThe forcible removal and relocation of large numbers of people or entire populations10
213708564Library of AshurbanipalA large collection of writings drawn from the ancient literary, religious and scientific traditions of Mesopotamia11
213708565IsraelIn antiquity, the land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, occupied by the Israelites from the early second millennium12
213708566Hebrew BibleA collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs and practices of the Israelites13
213708567First TempleA monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon in the tenth century (B.C.E.) to be the religious center for the Israelite God Yahweh14
213708568monotheismBelief in the existence of a single divine entity or god15
213708569DiasporaThe Greek word meaning "dispersal," used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland16
213708570PhoeniciansSemitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millennium B.C.E.17
213708571CarthageCity located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians ca. 800 B.C.E.18
213708572Neo-Babylonian kingdomUnder the Chaldaeans (nomadic kingship groups that settled in southern Mesopotamia in the early first millennium B.C.E.), Babylon again became a major political and cultural center in the seventh and sixth century B.C.E.19

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