Spread Of Civilization 🤔🤔 Flashcards

1
Q

Where are the Hittites from?

A

Russian Steppes

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2
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Where did the Hittites migrate to?

A

Anatolian peninsula

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3
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What was the Hittites capital city

A

Hattusas

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4
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What was the Hittites military advantages

A

Iron weapons and chariots

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5
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What caused the decline of the Hittites

A

Northern invaders

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6
Q

Where are the Assyrians from

A

Northern Mesopotamia

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7
Q

Why were the Assyrians often invaded

A

Lived on an open plain

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8
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What kind of Army did the Assyrians have

A

A strong army

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9
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What were the Assyrians military tactics

A

Iron weapons, chariots, bridges
Tunnels
Shoulder to shoulder
Exiled survivors

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10
Q

What did King Sinacharib build

A

Nineveh

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11
Q

Why did the Assyrians decline?

A

Medea and Chaldeans

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12
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Where are the Chaldeans from

A

Persian Gulf

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13
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Who did the Chaldeans conquer?

A

Assyrians

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14
Q

What was the Chaldeans capital

A

Babylon

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15
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What was another name for the Chaldeans

A

The neo-Babylonians

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16
Q

What did King Nebuchadnezzar make

A

Hanging gardens of Babylon

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17
Q

Where did the Persians originate from

A

Iran

18
Q

Who were the three important Persian kings?

A

Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius

19
Q

What did Cyrus conquer

A

Anatolia and Mesopotamia

20
Q

What did the Persians do when conquering a region

A

Assimilate to their culture

21
Q

What did Cambyses take over?

A

Egypt

22
Q

What did Darius conquer?

A

Afghanistan and India

23
Q

How many provinces did Persia have

A

20

24
Q

What is a satrap

A

A provincial governor

25
Q

Royal road

A

1600 mile long trade route

26
Q

Zoroaster

A

Good v. Evil

27
Q

Where were the Hyksos from?

A

Sinai Peninsula

28
Q

Who did the Hyksos conquer?

A

Egypt

29
Q

How did the Hyksos conquer that country?

A

Isthmus of Suez

Chariots

30
Q

Who overthrew the Hyksos?

A

Queen Ahhotep and King Kamose

31
Q

What dynasty did the new kingdom start in?

A

18th

32
Q

What did the Egyptians build during the New Kingdom?

A

Modern army:
Chariots
Archers

33
Q

What Egyptian declared them self pharaoh and encouraged trade.

A

Hatshepsut

34
Q

What do Thutmose conquer?

A

Palestine, Syria and Nubia

35
Q

What did Ramses fight in

A

Battle of Kadesh

36
Q

Who invaded the New Kingdom Egyptians

A

Libyans and Philistines

37
Q

Where is Kush

A

Nubia

38
Q

Who dominated Kush

A

Egypt’s new kingdom

39
Q

What did the Kushites want to protect

A

Egyptian culture

40
Q

What ethnic group are the Hittites part of ?

A

Indo -European