Chapter 2: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilizations

Question 1

Amarna Period

Answer 1

1350-1325 BCE; Pharaoh Akhenaten, monotheism was heavily sponsored

Question 2

Assyrian Empire

Answer 2

900-612 BCE; largest empire at the time, possessed a large empire, however they lost control bc of the huge population

Question 3

Aten

Answer 3

one of the deities worshipped during the Middle Kingdom, associated with sunlight and the foundation of life

Question 4

Cataract

Answer 4

shallow lengths of the Nile River

Question 5

City-states

Answer 5

independent, self governing country within a state

Question 6

civilization

Answer 6

an advanced level of a society

Question 7

Covenant

Answer 7

an agreement

Question 8

cuneiform

Answer 8

wedge shaped writings, ancient writing system (in Mesopotamia and Persia)

Question 9

desiccation

Answer 9

drying something out, removing water

Question 10

Diving Kingships

Answer 10

a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy

Question 11

Empire

Answer 11

a large group of states under a leadership

Question 12

Exodus

Answer 12

to leave, the book of Exodus

Question 13

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 13

a set of strict laws protecting certain rights

Question 14

Hieroglyphics

Answer 14

a writing using symbols

Question 15

Kerma

Answer 15

a large archaeological site in Ancient Nubia

Question 16

Kush

Answer 16

kingdom of Kush, the cradle of civilization (Egypt)

Question 17

Levant

Answer 17

region in the Eastern Mediterranean

Question 18

Meroe

Answer 18

ancient city along the Nile, capital of Nubia, a city of fertile land

Question 19

Mesopotamia

Answer 19

fertile land in the fertile crescent

Question 20

Middle Kingdom

Answer 20

(2040-1640) saw the reorganization of states bureaucratic apparatus, military expeditions, and infrastructure repair

Question 21

Monotheism

Answer 21

the belief in one god

Question 22

Nebuchadnezzar II

Answer 22

second king of new-babylonian empire, known as the empires greatest king

Question 23

New Kingdom

Answer 23

(1530-1070), an era of imperialism, changes in burial practice, and emergence of monotheism

Question 24

Nile River

Answer 24

main source of water for Egypt

Question 25

Nubia

Answer 25

region along the first cataract of the Nile

Question 26

Old Kingdom

Answer 26

(2660-2160) increased wealth, building pyramids, strong belief in the afterlife

Question 27

Palette of Narmer

Answer 27

archeological find, contains some of the earliest hieroglyphics

Question 28

polytheistic

Answer 28

belief of many gods

Question 29

prophets

Answer 29

teacher of God’s will

Question 30

Sargon of Akkad

Answer 30

founded the first Mesopotamian empire, powerful king

Question 31

The ten commandments

Answer 31

ten rules set by God in the bible

Question 32

Valley of Kings

Answer 32

place for tombs of pharaohs

Question 33

Ziggurats

Answer 33

a temple complex, a tower, sometimes used for religious purposes