World History 1st exam review terms Flashcards
Peleg
Name means divison
Nimrod
first great empire builder
southern plain of mesopotamia
plain of shinar
first post-deluvian civilization
sumer
ruled at the height of ur,also gave it a law code
urnamu
the school house
adduba
the most prominent arcitatural acheivement
ziggurats
believing heavenly bodys control life
astrology
first literary work known to man
epic of gilgamesh
first people to use iron
hittites
famous capital that someone went to to preach
ninevah
captured the northern kingdom of israel
assyrians
Conqured the fertile cresent and southern israel
Nebuchadnezzar
who create the first postal system
darius I
false religon of persia
zoroastriamism
who was the husband of queen esther
xerxes I
what is another name for israel
promise land
the cup holder guy
nehimia
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
theocracy
first people to enter india
dravidians
what religon is worshipping bhrama
hinduism
what is the point of buhddism
to reach nirvana
who created buddhism
siddarthu gautama
israel was split into what
pakistan,bangledesh
the worlds best iron
damascene
means middle country
chun qo
first to rule over a united china
shih wang ti
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
4 main islands of japan
Original inhabitants of the islands of japan
ainu
Who created a constitution for japan
prince shotoku
longest lasting religon in japan
shinto
feudal lords of japan
shogun
little countries of egypt
nomes
who gave egypt its nicknames
herodotus
who was the singular pyramid in egypt in honor of
khesop
The three outstanding monarchs of the Old Kingdom
Khufu (Cheops), Khafre, and Menkaure
who brought egypt to its main height
thutmose III
capital of egypt
cario
first people of greek
minoans
greece is on what penninsula
balkan
the city-states of greece
polis
rule by the people
democracy