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1
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The Hittite empire was situated in ___ _____

A

Asia Minor

2
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The arrival of which people in the Near East around 1200BCE led to the destruction of nearly every state in the region.

A

The Indo Europeans

3
Q

The _______ ____ designates a world that bridges Europe and Western Asia

A

Greater West

4
Q

Babylon was founded in _____

A

1950 BCE

5
Q

Scholars have credited _____ as the first great lawgiver in Western history.

A

Hammurabi

6
Q

Babylonian women did not have the right to divorce their husbands

A

False

7
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The epic of ______ is the tale of ruler of Uruk some 800 years before the Babylonian conquest

A

Gilgamesh

8
Q

The erosion of the royal authority beginning in the 5th dynasty of the old kingdom empty brough about the ___ _______ ______

A

1st Intermediate Period

9
Q

Egypt’s capital during the Middle Kingdom was moved to ______

A

Thebes

10
Q

From 1640 to 1570 BCE Egypt was dominated by _______

A

Hyksos

11
Q

Who said he had “Pushed the boundaries of Egypt as far as the sun shines” ?

A

Thutmose I

12
Q

The goal of Egyptianizing the broader near east had to do with aiding the development of civilization.

A

False

13
Q

Akhenaten is famous for?

A

Worshiping a single supreme diety

14
Q

Perhaps one half of all surviving Egyptian monuments were built by whom?

A

Ramses II

15
Q

Indo European is believed to have originated where?

A

North of the Black Sea

16
Q

The Battle of Qadesh was fought between Egypt and the ______

A

Hittites

17
Q

Objects made of iron have been dated as early as 5000 BCE

A

Maybe?

18
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The ________ took to the sea and established a network of trading colonies across the Mediterranean

A

Phoenicians

19
Q

Nebuchadnezzar freed the Hebrews from Babylon

A

False

20
Q

Shuts Mazda was one of the true gods of the _________

A

Persians

21
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Persian temples drew freely on Hittite architectural styles to emphasize Ahura Mazda’s universality

A

False