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| 4946591194 | Hyksos | Nomad invaders; ruled Egypt from 1640 to 1570 BC |  | 0 |
| 4946591195 | New Kingdom | 1570 to 1075 BC; Egypt revived to become wealthier and more powerful than ever before |  | 1 |
| 4946591196 | Hatshepsut | Female Pharaoh ruled in place of young step-son; promoted trade |  | 2 |
| 4946593417 | Thutmose III | Led invasions into Palestine, Syria, and Nubia; most powerful Egypt had ever been. |  | 3 |
| 4946593418 | Nubia | region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River; over 1000 miles between the southern boundary to the Medeterranian |  | 4 |
| 4946595146 | Ramses II | Pharaoh built many temples and palaces; Abu Simbuel |  | 5 |
| 4946595147 | Kush | Nubian kingdom | 6 | |
| 4946595148 | Piankhi | Kushite king who overthrew the Libyan Empire; united the entire Nile Valley |  | 7 |
| 4946599639 | Meroe | City in Kush; active in trading of iron for weapons and tools |  | 8 |
| 4968954108 | Assyria | Empire in Southwest Asia; known for sophisticated military organization and weaponry |  | 9 |
| 4968954109 | Sennacherib | Assyrian king; known for destroying cities and villages; burned Babylon |  | 10 |
| 4968954110 | Nineveh | Capital of Assyria | 11 | |
| 4968955652 | Ashurbanipal | Assyrian king; known for establishing one of the ancient world's largest libraries; collected 25,000 clay tablets | 12 | |
| 4968955653 | Medes | Area on eastern side of the Assyrian empire; joined with armies from Chaldeans to conquer Nineveh |  | 13 |
| 4968957694 | Chaldeans | Area on southern side of the Assyrian empire; joined with armies from Medes to conquer Nineveh |  | 14 |
| 4968959001 | Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean King who re-established Babylon; famous for the hanging gardens (one of the 7 wonders of the world) |  | 15 |
| 4969038203 | Cyrus | King of Persia who expanded the empire from the Indus to Anatolia |  | 16 |
| 4969038204 | Cambyses | Son of Cyrus; ruled Persia for 8 years; expanded empire to include Egypt |  | 17 |
| 4969038205 | Darius | King of Persia following Cyrus; expanded empire even more |  | 18 |
| 4969039638 | satrap | Governor appointed by a Persian King |  | 19 |
| 4969039639 | Royal Road | Road system used for quicker communication and trade within the empire |  | 20 |
| 4969041774 | Zoroaster | Persian prophet who taught the struggle of good vs. evil; judged upon death |  | 21 |
| 4969041775 | Confucius | Influential Chinese scholar |  | 22 |
| 4969042964 | filial piety | Respect for parents and elders |  | 23 |
| 4969042965 | bureaucracy | trained civil service; those who run the government |  | 24 |
| 4969042966 | Daoism | Philosophy of Laozi; search for knowledge and understanding of nature |  | 25 |
| 4969044280 | Legalism | Belief that government should use the law to end civil disorder and restore harmony |  | 26 |
| 4969044281 | I Ching | a book of oracles used to answer ethical or practical problems |  | 27 |
| 4969044290 | yin and yang | two powers that together represented the natural rhythms of life: yang masculine, yin feminine |  | 28 |
| 4969045716 | Qin dynasty | a short lived dynasty led by a 13 year old ruler |  | 29 |
| 4969045717 | Shi Huangdi | Formerly known as the Qin Dyasty; first emperor |  | 30 |
| 4969052725 | autocracy | a government in which the ruler has unlimited power and uses it in an arbitrary manner |  | 31 |
