Ancient Middle East

Question 0

What was the result of a lack of barriers in the ancient Middle East?

Answer 0

Nomadic headers, invaders, and traders would often enter the crescent making it a central trade location

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

A region of the Middle East named for its rich soul and wheat fields

Question 2

What does Mesopotamia mean?

Answer 2

Between the rivers

Question 3

What two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia

Answer 3

The Tigris and the Euphrates

Question 4

What great invention may be attributed to the Sumerians

Answer 4

Spoked wheels and wheeled vehicles

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

A system of ranking groups

Question 6

What general form of religious worship did Sumerians practice

Answer 6

Polytheism

Question 7

Define cuneiform

Answer 7

An ancient middle eastern system of writing that used waged shaped marks

Question 8

Who is Sargon and what city did he rule

Answer 8

He is the first emperor and he ruled Akkad

Question 9

Who is Hammurabi and what city did he rule

Answer 9

He was the king of Babylon

Question 10

What is Hammurabi’s code

Answer 10

A published set of laws

Question 11

How and where was Hammurabi’s code published

Answer 11

He had craftsmen carve the laws I to stone and placed it in a public place where everyone could see

Question 12

How many laws did Hammurabi’s code contain

Answer 12

282 laws

Question 13

Codify

Answer 13

To arrange and set down in writing

Question 14

Civil law

Answer 14

Laws that deal with private rights and matters

Question 15

What god did Hammurabi promote above the older Sumerian ones

Answer 15

Marduk, the patron god of Babylon

Question 16

What advancement did the Hittites bring with then to Mesopotamia in 1400 bc

Answer 16

The knowledge of how to extract iron from ore

Question 17

What reputation did the Assyrians earn over 500 years of expansion in Mesopotamia and beyond

Answer 17

They were among the most feared warriors in history

Question 18

What was the name of the main god of the Assyrians

Answer 18

Assur

Question 19

What empire rose up to crush the Assyrians after Assurbanipals death?

Answer 19

Babylon

Question 20

What “ancient wonder” of the world was built by Nebuchadnezzar and why did he build it

Answer 20

The hanging gardens and he built it to please his wife

Question 21

To whom did the city of Babylon fall in 539 bc

Answer 21

The Persian armies of Cyrus the great

Question 22

Describe the size of the Persian empire at its height

Answer 22

The arena between modern day Asia Minor and India

Question 23

What was the general policy of Persian kings toward conquered areas

Answer 23

They had a general policy of acceptance to those they conquered

Question 24

Who truly unified the Persian empire?

Answer 24

Emperor Darius I

Question 25

What kind of system did Darius I set up and what is it's greater significance

Answer 25

He set up a bureaucracy which became a modem for later rulers

Question 26

Darius divided his empire into provinces each called ___________ and headed by a governor called a _______

Answer 26

Satrapy, satrap

Question 27

How were taxes raised in the empire and how did Darius kept satraps from becoming corrupt and disloyal

Answer 27

Each satrapy payed taxes based on its wealth. He has special officials check on the satraps to make sure they were loyal

Question 28

Who originally introduced coinage to the empire and where did these people live

Answer 28

The Lydia's introduced it and they lived in Asia Minor

Question 29

Barter economy

Answer 29

The exchange of one set of goods for another

Question 30

Define money economy

Answer 30

Good and services are exchanged for a token of agreed value

Question 31

Who's religious belief system helped unite the Persian empire?

Answer 31

Zoro-asters system

Question 32

What two powerful forces does Zoroastrianism claim are in constant battle

Answer 32

Ahura Mazda, ruler of the world and Ahriman, prince of lies and evil

Question 33

What is the responsibility of every individual in Zoroastrianism

Answer 33

To choose which side they support

Question 34

Who would win this final battle and what would be the end result for all people according to Zoroastrianism.

Answer 34

Ahura Mazda would win and all individuals would be judged for their actions.

Question 35

What two major modern world religions would be heavily influenced by the ideas brought forth by Zoroastrianism

Answer 35

Christianity and Islam

Question 36

What were the Phoenicians most famous for and where did they live

Answer 36

They were famous sailors and traders who lived in modern day Lebanon and Syria

Question 37

What two commercial activities wee the Phoenicians knows for

Answer 37

They were known for manufacturing and trade

Question 38

What two manufactured products did the Phoenicians make and sell throughout the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 38

Glass and purple dye

Question 39

Define colony

Answer 39

A territory settled and ruled by people from another land

Question 40

Define alphabet

Answer 40

A writing system in which each symbol represents a sound

Question 41

What is the significance of the Phoenician alphabet to us today?

Answer 41

It became the Greek alphabet which , with slight modifications, is the alphabet we use today

Question 42

The Hittite empire was ended by what

Answer 42

The Hittite empire (civil war)