Chapter 2 Flashcards
The Hittite empire was situated in ___ _____
Asia Minor
The arrival of which people in the Near East around 1200BCE led to the destruction of nearly every state in the region.
The Indo Europeans
The _______ ____ designates a world that bridges Europe and Western Asia
Greater West
Babylon was founded in _____
1950 BCE
Scholars have credited _____ as the first great lawgiver in Western history.
Hammurabi
Babylonian women did not have the right to divorce their husbands
False
The epic of ______ is the tale of ruler of Uruk some 800 years before the Babylonian conquest
Gilgamesh
The erosion of the royal authority beginning in the 5th dynasty of the old kingdom empty brough about the ___ _______ ______
1st Intermediate Period
Egypt’s capital during the Middle Kingdom was moved to ______
Thebes
From 1640 to 1570 BCE Egypt was dominated by _______
Hyksos
Who said he had “Pushed the boundaries of Egypt as far as the sun shines” ?
Thutmose I
The goal of Egyptianizing the broader near east had to do with aiding the development of civilization.
False
Akhenaten is famous for?
Worshiping a single supreme diety
Perhaps one half of all surviving Egyptian monuments were built by whom?
Ramses II
Indo European is believed to have originated where?
North of the Black Sea
The Battle of Qadesh was fought between Egypt and the ______
Hittites
Objects made of iron have been dated as early as 5000 BCE
Maybe?
The ________ took to the sea and established a network of trading colonies across the Mediterranean
Phoenicians
Nebuchadnezzar freed the Hebrews from Babylon
False
Shuts Mazda was one of the true gods of the _________
Persians
Persian temples drew freely on Hittite architectural styles to emphasize Ahura Mazda’s universality
False
