Chapter 11 - Iron Age Civilizations of the Mediterranean and the Near East

Question 1

Ch 11: New Babylonia was created millennium after the fall of Babylon (after Hammurabi’s death) by this ruler.

Answer 1

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 2

Ch 11: This famous ‘gate’ is found in New Babylonia.

Answer 2

Ishtar Gate

Question 3

Ch 11: This ancient wonder of the world is found in New Babylonia.

Answer 3

Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Question 4

Ch 11: This cultural group referenced in Judeo-Christian holy books, occupied an area in the Levant in what is now Lebanon and Norther Israel.

Answer 4

The Phoenicians

Question 5

Ch 11: The Phoenicians are best known as craftsmen for other cultures, and crafted this temple in Israel.

Answer 5

Jewish Temple of Solomon

Question 6

Ch 11: This ancient city, now modern-day Tunisia, was built by the Phoenicians and destroyed by the Romans.

Answer 6

Carthage

Question 7

Ch 11: This was the most dominating civilization of Mesopotamia.

Answer 7

Assyrians

Question 8

Ch 11: What is a lamassu? What is its significance?

Answer 8

An Assyrian astrological deity. It’s the most iconic and singular feature of Assyrian architecture and art.

Question 9

Ch 11: The Assyrian kings continued building ziggurats, but the most dominant architecture was this.

Answer 9

palaces

Question 10

Ch 11: This father-son duo were the most important kings of the Assyrian empire.

Answer 10

Sargon II and his son Sennacherib

Question 11

Ch 11: Art in architecture changed during the Assyrian empire to being dominated by religious subjects to being dominated by what?

Answer 11

The king and his exploits.

Question 12

Ch 11: The most famous of the 8 gates of the rebuilt Babylon City is what? Who is it named for?

Answer 12

Ishtar Gate. It’s named for Ishtar, the goddess of putaness.

Question 13

Ch 11: Who was the first great Persian king?

Answer 13

Cyrus the Great

Question 14

Ch 11: King Cyrus of Persia had a majorly fucked up childhood. His father, King Astyages, believed he’d overthrow him, so he ordered his general, Harpagus, to kill Cyrus. Harpagus instead gives the kid to a shepherd. What does Astyages do to punish Harpagus? What does this cause?

Answer 14

He kills Harpagus’ son and feeds him his own son’s flesh. This causes Harpagus to convince Cyrus to overthrow his cunt father.

Question 15

Ch 11: The Achaemenid Empire began with which great Persian king? It was the largest empire in the world until it was defeated by whom?

Answer 15

Cyrus the Great. Alexander the Great.

Question 16

Ch 11: Which culture founded the League of 12 Cities?

Answer 16

Etruscan civilization

Question 17

Ch 11: Why is it difficult to know details about Etruscan society beyond what is found in their art and architecture?

Answer 17

They left no literature behind.

Question 18

Ch 11: The most important gods in Etruscan civilization were?

Answer 18

Tinia and Uni

Question 19

Ch 11: What was the name of the Etruscan city for the dead?

Answer 19

Necropolis

Question 20

Ch 11: What is the Banditacca Necropolis at Cerverteri?

Answer 20

This is the largest surviving necropolis with thousands of tombs arranged alone the “streets of the dead”.

Question 21

Ch 11: What evidence suggests that women held a prominent role in Etruscan society?

Answer 21

The presence of beds designed for married couples in their tombs.

Question 22

Ch 11: Why is the Tomb of the Leopard noteworthy?

Answer 22

It’s art depicted Etruscan aristocratic life.

Question 23

Ch 11: Which culture greatly influence later Etruscan society?

Answer 23

Greek (of course).

Question 24

Ch 11: What kinds of Etruscan above-ground architecture exists today?

Answer 24

Architectural arches.

Question 25

Ch 11: What Order of architecture did the Etruscans found?

Answer 25

Tuscan

Question 26

Ch 11: What was the Cloaca Maxima?

Answer 26

Roman early sewage system.

Question 27

Ch 11: Name the 3 Abrahamic religions

Answer 27

Judea/Hebrew, Christianity, and Islam.

Question 28

Ch 11: What temple housed the Ark of the Covenant?

Answer 28

First Temple of Jerusalem

Question 29

Ch 11: What portion of the Second Temple of Jerusalem exists today?

Answer 29

The Western Wall (Wailing Wall)