Chapter 48: New Peoples Flashcards
Adad-nirari III
He is the son of Shamshi-Adad. Since he was still a child when his father died, he couldn’t go to the throne so Shamshi-Adad’s queen stepped to the throne.
Arcadia
This is where the remnants of Mycenaean civilization that survived lay. It is in the center of the southern Greek peninsula, the “Peloponnese,” below the arm of water that cut in from the eastern side, nearly dividing it into two.
Barbaro-phonoi
This is a name given by Homer for the people who live outside the triple circle of Greeks. It means strange speakers.
Gordium
The name of the capital the Hittite’s built themselves in the Asia Minor.
Mada
This is the name Shalmaneser gave to this tribe. They are peoples who were wandering nomadically all along the north and some wandered southeast into India.
Marduk-zakir-shumi
He is the older son of Jehu, he and his brother faught for the throne. With the help of Shalmaneser III, he took the throne. He is the father-in-law to Shamshi-Adad
Marduk-balassu-iqbi
He is the son of Marduk-zakir-shumi, he went into battle with Shamshi-Adad and lost.
Parsua
This is the name Shalmaneser gave to this tribe. They are peoples settled just across the Zagros on the western side of Elam.
Phrygians
The Hittite people scattered from the capital of Hattusas burning down, and started settling in the Asia Minor. They built themselves a capital city at Gordium and became known as the Phrygians.
Que
It was located on the northeast corner of the Mediterranean Sea, it was a new country, but it was populated by an old race. Shalmaneser attacked Que and claimed all of its silver mines.
Ring Composition
When the poet Homer hives himself a convenient mental anchor for an episode by beginning in the middle of it, going back to the beginning , and then forwards to the end.
Sammu-amat
She is the queen of Shamshi-Adad, after he died she took the throne. It was the first time a women had ever been on the throne. She is called, “daughter-in-law of Shalmaneser, king of four regions.”
Shamshi-Adad V
His is one of the sons of Shalmaneser, he was chosen to be heir to the throne, but he had to flee the country because of his brothers supporters to the throne.
