Eygpt And Middle Easy Flashcards

(46 cards)

1
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The old kingdom began when

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Namer United upper and lower kingdom

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Burials began to happen in the valley of kinds during

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The new kingdom

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3
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All of the following are true about eygptian life except

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For most of Egypt’s history it’s religion was monotheistic

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4
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The most important physical structure in a Sumerian city state was the

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Ziggurat

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5
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Because of its geography and lack of stone what was an important development in summer

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Buildings made of mud brick

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6
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In astronomy the Sumerians charted the

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Constellations

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7
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Which of the following did the Sumerians invent

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The sundial

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8
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What were the basic political units of the Sumerian civilization

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City states

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9
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How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment

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By using irrigation and drainage

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10
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Sumerians are credited with developing

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The first written language called cuneiform

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11
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The Babylonian kingdom established in 38”” bce was led by

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Sargon

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Hammurabi was important to Mesopotamia because

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He wrote down the first legal code

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13
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The Assyrians did all of the following except

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Show mercy to their enemies

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14
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The Assyrians were defeated by the

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15
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The Persian kind that showed mercy and allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem was

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Cyrus

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16
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Under Darius I. Persia

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Built 1,600 miles of road

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17
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Ahmose

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Drove the Hyksos out of eygpt

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18
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Hatshepsut

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Female ruled for husband and son

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19
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Tutmose

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Expanded kinddom into Syria creating largest empire

20
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Moved the capital of eugpt to Aton and introduced monotheism

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Tutankhamen

22
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Ramses 11

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known as a great builder

23
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Cleopatra v11

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Last of pharoh dynasty

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Because eygpyt was surrounded by desert

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It developed one of the five unique cultures

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Eygpt was divided into
Upper and lower
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Mummification was an important as a way of
Allowing the dead to live on
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Pyramid building is most closely associated with
The old kingdom
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Namer was important because
He United upper and lower eygpt
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In eygpt the kind and later pharoh was
Seen as a god-kind
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A major innovation of the Middle Kingdom was
The introduction of chariots and use of clay bricks
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For an individual to live on forever Egyptians believed that their bodies and what must be preserved for ever
Name
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All of the following were innovations brough into eygpt by the Hyksos Exept
Writing and mathematics
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Right after the removal of the Hyksos eygpt
Rebuilt the temple and resumed trade
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All of the following religions came out of the Middle East religion except
Hinduism
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All of the following empires rose out of the Fertile Crescent religion Exept
Egypt
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The main water source of Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent is
The Tigris and Euphrates river
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Because of its geography and lack of stone, what was an important development in Sumer
Buildings made of mud bricks
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The need for the Sumerians to create a writing system came out of
The complexity and growth of the government and the economy
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The story of Gilgamesh is important, because
It is one of the oldest record stories we have
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In the story of Gilgamesh, all of the following are true, except
He marries the goddess Ishtar
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All of the following were accomplishments of the first empire, during the reign of Hammurabi, except
Development of cuneiform
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Under nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans the second empire was known for all of the following, except
Conquering the Persians
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All of the following are true about the assyrians, EXCEPT
They treated captives well along allowing cities to retain local rulers
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When king Cyrus expanded the Persian empire
He showed mercy to the cities he conquered
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The Persian empire started coming to an end when
Xerves lost his navy during a battle with the Greeks
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All of the following are true about Zoroastrianism except
The Scriptures were called the Torah