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History Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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The first empire to rule the Middle East after Sumer was that of

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Babylon

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In the Acadian tongue, the name ________ The gate of God, the Hebrews, however, linked the name_____________ to the Hebrew bird to confuse because God confounded the language of the people at babel

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Babel

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3
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With the accession of _____________ as king of Babylon most of Mesopotamia was brought under Babylonian rule and the old Babylonian Empire was established

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Hammurabi

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4
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they copied and preserved on uniform clay tablets the older works of literature including the

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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5
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The greatest mathematical achievement of the Babylonians was the principle of

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Place value notation

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6
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The greatest achievement of the old
Babylonian Empire was in the realm of

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Government and law

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7
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Justice

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Is the use of authority and power to uphold is right or lawful

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8
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An Indo European people from Antalya in Asia, minor, modern turkey made a daring raid upon Babylon around 1600 BC and plundered the great city

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Hittites

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9
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Before the 20th century, A.D., the Bible was the only source of information about the hittites who dominated_____________________ And Syria from 1700 BC until 700 BC

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Asia minor

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10
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The hittites are noted for being the first people to use

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Iron extensively

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11
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Assyrias great first monarch

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Tiglath pilesser

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12
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Who seized Babylonia and establish the

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Assyrian Empire

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13
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Assyrias capital

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Neneveh

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Assyrias last great monarch who built the world’s first great library at neneveh which contained many thousands of clay tablets written in cuneiform

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Asherbanipal

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15
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A Semitic people from Arab Arabia formed a coalition with Medes and Scythians and over through Assyrian empire about 600 BC

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Chaldeans

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16
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Chaldeans led __________ they established the ____________________________

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Nabopolassar

Neo Babylonian Empire

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17
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One of the Jews taken captive by the Babylonians eventually became an important official in Babylon

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Daniel

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18
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Most remarkable man in history whom god called my Shepard and my anointed

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Cyrus the great

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19
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The Persian reached its greatest extent under which leaders

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Darius

Xerxes

20
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Darius divided his realm into 2 provinces

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Satrapies ruled by satrap

Governor

21
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Darius established what

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The worlds first postal service

22
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Xerxes is also called

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Ahasuerus

23
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In the Bible was the husband of queen Esther and Nehemiah was a cupbearer to his successor

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Artaxerxes

24
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Persian kings practiced the false pagan religion

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Zoroastrianism

25
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The Persian ruler was __________________
An important principle in the development of Western European political theory

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Under the law

26
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Israel was known at various times

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Canaan

Palestine

Israel

27
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Three great monotheism religions

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Judaism

Christianity

Islam

28
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These religions view the promised land as

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Holy land

29
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Located at the crossroads of three continents Africa, Asia, and Europe Canaan was the

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Main highway of the ancient world

30
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Abraham

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Father of the great nation

31
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Abra, Isaac and Jacob together with the 12 sons of Jacob are known as the

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Patriarchs

The founding fathers of the nation

32
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Moses

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One of the greatest men in history

33
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Covenant

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Solemn agreement

34
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  1. Commandments are also called.
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Decalogue

35
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Theocracy

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A nation ruled by God

36
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A phonetic system of writing in which letters are used to represent sounds rather than things or ideas

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Alphabet

37
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Sinai script

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The first true alphabet

38
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Under what leaders was Israel, the greatest nation in the world and when?

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David

Solomon

1000 BC

39
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After Solomon’s death, the empire was divided into what

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Northern kingdom Israel

Southern kingdom, Judah

40
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A fanatical militant new religion in the Arabian peninsula

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Islam

41
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Mohammed

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On Mystic from the city of Mecca

42
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The self proclaimed profit quickly attract a throng of devoted followers known as

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Muslims

43
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Hegira

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Flight

44
Q

Koran

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Holy book of Islam

45
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The pioneer missionary in Persia, and indeed throughout the Middle East was an Englishman named

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Henry Martin

46
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The first man in modern times two attempt to reach the Muslims of Arabia with the gospel of Christ was

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Ion Kieth falconer

47
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After falconer’s death in 1889 too young Americans of the reformed church, James canteen and

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Samuel zwemer

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