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1
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Votive Religion

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Must give gifts to gods to get something back

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2
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When did city-states form?

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3,000

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3
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Neolithic Period

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Ag Revolution

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When was the neolithic period?

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8,000

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5
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Features of Uruk period

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writing, wheel made pottery, villages to cities

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When was the Uruk period

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4000-3100

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7
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When was the Early Bronze Age?

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3100-2000

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Cuneiform

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Wedge-shaped writing

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9
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First purposes for writing

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record keeping(nouns and numbers)

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10
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When was writing developed?

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3200

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11
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pictograph

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picture of what something represents

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12
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What did they write on?

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clay tablets

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13
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When was the Sumerian period?

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3000-2300

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14
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Sumerian language used for more than just what?

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lists

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15
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Urban revolution

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development of city-states

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16
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Where was administration centered?

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The temple

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17
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What were the social levels of Sumerian society?

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King/ Priest, Priest(ess, bureaucracy, craftsman, laborer, farmer

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18
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What were the two biggest social levels of Sumerian society?

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Laborers and farmers

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19
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Redistributive economy

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All the goods are brought to the temple and rationed between people

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20
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What was the White Temple covered in?

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White plaster

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21
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Why did ancient people build tall temples?

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To get closer to the gods

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22
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Who could go on the white temple?

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Kings/ priests

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23
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cult sculpture

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statue of deity

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24
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anthropomorphic

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human form

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25
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Inanna

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queen of gods, goddess of fertility

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26
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Uruk vase

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Ceremonial vase found in white temple

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27
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What was all on the Uruk vase?

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Rivers, plants, animals, priests(making offerings to Inanna), Inanna(at the temple), and the king making an offering to her

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28
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“hieros gamos”

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sacred marriage; festival when king has sex with goddess in the form of her high priestess

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29
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votive statues

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gifts given to deities

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30
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What happened when there were to many gifts in the temple?

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excess gifts were buried carefully

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31
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What were features of votive statues?

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They were offering cups, had big eyes of worshippers, typical clothes

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32
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When was the royal cemetery at Ur discovered?

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1920

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33
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How did they save artifacts made of wood?

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Poured plaster in hollow cavities

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34
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What was tomb 800?

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The chambers of the queen

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35
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What was all in tomb 800?

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The queen and her servants, jewelry, etc…

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36
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How did the servants in tomb 800 die?

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They willingly drank poison

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37
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What were Sumerian statues made of?

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Gold and Lapis lazuli

38
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What scenes were on the bull-headed lyre?

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Man wrestling animals(mastering animals), odd creatures acting like people

39
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When was the Akkadian empire?

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2300-2100

40
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Sargon

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Akkadian king, mythologized, 1st unified empire, viewed as god

41
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What did the Akkadians emphasize?

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military

42
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Did the Akkadians have there own writing?

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No, they adopted Sumerian writing

43
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Naram-Sin

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Akkadian king; called himself king of the 4 quarters and God of Akkad

44
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How did the Akkadian empire end?

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Nomadic raids

45
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What happened to the head of the Akkadian King(likely Sargon) statue?

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It was mutilated by invading forces

46
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Naram-Sin stele

A

NS defeating the Lullabi, showing him as being favored by the gods

47
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stele

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upright slab

48
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what were bull-horns a sign of?

A

divinity

49
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When was the third dynasty of Ur?

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2100-2000

50
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Ur Nammu

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King of Ur, does not say he’s divine, first surviving code of law

51
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Sumerian renaissance

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Revival of Sumerian culture, building program, irrigation, economic boom, piety, peace, prosperity

52
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How does the third dynasty of Ur end?

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An ag crisis and the Elamites

53
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Statues of King Gudea

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In pious position, temple plan on his lap, covered in cuneiform writings of his good deeds

54
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When was the babylonian empire?

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2000-1595

55
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When was Babylon established as the capital?

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1894

56
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Hammurabi

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Brings order and expansion, establishes bureaucracy with taxation, Law code

57
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Official language of Babylonia

A

Akkadian

58
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What is the Sumerian language used for in Babylon?

A

religion

59
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How did the Babylonian empire end

A

Ag troubles and Hittites and Kassites

60
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Code of Hammurabi

A

Public(written on statues), given by gods

61
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How many laws in CoH? Content?

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700+, most on business, offense/punishment

62
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When was the late Bronze Age?

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1500-1200

63
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What civilizations ruled During the LBA?

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Kassites-Hittites-Assyrians

64
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What happened at the end of the LBA?

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Chaos, mass emigration(Sea peoples), Israelites move to Canaan

65
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When did the Assyrians Rule?

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1350-626

66
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Who did the Assyrians think of themselves as successors of?

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Akkadians

67
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Assurnasirpal

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Assyrian King, grew empire and military

68
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What did the Assyrians use to fight?

A

chariots and horses

69
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Sargon II

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Assyrian king, founded new capital, military campaigns, unfinished palace

70
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Assurbanipal

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biggest expansion, palace at Nineveh

71
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Who defeated the Assyrians?

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Babylonians/Medes(Persians)

72
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What writing did the Assyrians use?

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cuneiform

73
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Citadel of Sargon II

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unfinished, fortified, guarded

74
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Ziggurat of the Citadel

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more steps, but less centered(religion not as important)

75
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Rooms in courtyard of Citadel

A

for religious uses, officials, archives

76
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Second fortified are in citadel for who

A

king

77
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art in the citadel

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stone reliefs, depict intimidating scenes, historic battles, Assyrian victory, siege warfare and machines

78
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Lamassu

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mythical creatures( wings, bull, human head), protected doorways, huge, intricate

79
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Palace at Nineveh art

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King hunting lions, easy sport(in zoos), brutal

80
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When was the Neo-Babylonian empire?

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626-539

81
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Nebuchadnezzar II

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Conquered Judah and moved Jews, reconstructed Babylon

82
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Reconstruction of babylon

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Created hanging gardens, museums, library, Ishtar gate

83
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Ishtar Gate

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Glazed brick, bright, supernatural creatures guard way into Babylon

84
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When was the Persian Empire

A

550-331

85
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Cyrus the Great

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Persian King, founds one of the greatest empires of all time

86
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Darius I

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1st Persian War King, began palace at Persepolis

87
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Palace at Persepolis

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Influences from all over empire, builders and art from Greece, Egypt, etc

88
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Persian Wars

A

Stopped western expansion, an embarrassment to Persians to be defeated by Greeks

89
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How was the Persian empire organized?

A

Into satrapies

90
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Who ruled a satrapy

A

A satrap

91
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who frees the jews

A

cyrus the great

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