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- The pyramids first occurred during the ____ kingdom
- Old
- SPA- Socrates taught Plato who taught Aristotle. Socrates focused on the ____. Plato focused on the ____. and Aristotle focused on the ______.
- Soul / Reason, Justice / Experiance
- Hammurabie was best remembered for the _______.
- 282 laws he created
- What were the 6 ways the generals controlled the broken empire?
- 1) Rejected democracy 2) No Constitution (Despot) 3) Greeks ruled all 4) Urbanization 5) Rich were powerful 6) Agriculture was key
- Greece also had the writing of history which the main writers were _____ and ______
- Herotitus and Thucydidis
- During the Old Kingdom, law was not _______
- arbitrary
- ____ was the New kingdom Sun God
- Aton
- ______ was the Central God for the Assyrians
- Asshur
- Greece was the Classical culture and literature was a drama, either a _____ or _____.
- Comedy Tragedy
- Hebrews brought two things to impact history; Concept of ___ and Concept of _____
- God and Law
- Persians believed in only ___ Gods
- 2
- The final place of Sumerian power was _____.
- Ur
- ______ rose to power in Ur in 2100 BC
- Abram
- Mesopotamians used form of writing called ______.
- Sumer
- Amenhotep wanted Aton to be the only God but this only lasted ___ years.
- 40
- During 1400-1200 BC, this was the destruction of ______
- Jericho
- The 6 things that mark our culture needs are what?
- 1) Living (Person or family) 2) Law and Order 3) Social Organization 4) Need for an education 5) Self Expression 6) Religious Expression
- During the Sumerian times ______ was also being established in 2800 BC.
- Crete
- _______ is a complex culture with a large amount of people sharing a variety of common elements
- Civilization
- Decrypted the Iliad and found the city of Troy
- Schreeman
- Higher Egypt was actually ____ up the mountains.
- South
- Amenhoteps son, Amenhotep IV, introduced worship to the god, ____
- Aten (Sun Disk)
- The seven parts to Civilization are what?
- 1) Urban focus 2) Religion 3) Politics and Military 4) Social Structure (kings to slaves) 5) Writing 6) Art 7) Complex material culture
- In 586, The _______ destroyed Jerusalem
- Babylonians
- Who was the ruler of the Middle Kingdom?
- Thebes
- Crete was established in the city of _______
- Nosos
- Two important innovations during the stone age were _____ and ____
- Fire and Tools
- The change in religion happened with _____; Mixing of Greek religion with own religion.
- Syncretism
- The lower part of Egypt was actually ______ near the Mediterranean Sea.
- North
- 6 items important in law of concepts are.....
- 1) 2) Equal before God 3)Subject to Gods Law 4) Obligation for both rule and citizen to practice public virtues 5) Rulers and priests cannot be the same person 6) People are free to practice the public virtues
- Egyptian art was _______
- Formulaic
- Oldest mesopotamian text goes back to _______ BC
- 3,000
- The Persians believed in the religion of _______.
- Zorastrianism
- The middle kingdom was known as ______
- The Golden Age
- _______ wanted to expand during the beginning of the New kingdom
- Amenhotep
- The main themes out of the Odyssey are ______ and _____
- Justice and Reason
- The phrophet for the Persians was _____
- Zoraster
- In 350 BC, ______ have the largests Meditteranean Empire by this time in history.
- Persians
- Greeks later labeled Egyptian writing ________ meaning ________
- Hieroglyphics / Sacred writing
- During 3000 BC two groups were created, the _______ and _______.
- Mesopotamians and Egyptians
- Hominids started _____ million years ago in ____
- 3 / Africa
- A key to Western Civ by this point is the ______ and ______.
- Hebrews and Religion
- Herotitus wrote about the ______ war
- Persian
- The first humans were the ____
- Hominids
- "________" was the most famous peice of Meso literature
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The middle kingdom was changed from the infiltration of _______ people
- Hyksos
- New Egyptian reached its height during the reign of _________
- Amenhotep III
- They came into existence _____ million years ago
- 1.5
- This was the police, justice, and river transport department of the Old Kingdom
- Vizier
- The spiritual body for Egyptians is called the ____
- Ka
- In 1600 BC, They started to move towards _____.
- Greece
- Neo (New) Babylonians were destroyed by the _____ Emprie in 705 BC.
- Assyrian
- The rule of law during the Old Kingdom was the _______ law by Hammurabi and the Rule of _____ was the smart one who knew the law.
- Written ; Man
- The oldest texts were written by ______
- Sumerians
- Thucydidis wrote about the ______ war
- Pelopanisian War
- ______ believed in happiness and focused on reason, public service
- Epicurus
- The chief principle of the Old Egyptian Kingdom was ____
- Ma'at (Truth and Justice)
- During 722 BC, _____ invaded Northern part of Israel
- Assyria
- ____ was central for Greek thinking.
- Polis
- ____ and Persions formed together for a civilization
- Medes
- Assyrians were _____ people.
- Brutal
- They came around _____ years ago
- 250,000
- When Alexander died, general ____ took middle section of Asia and general ____ took Egypt region.
- Seleucid / Ptolemy
- Minoan people used ______ A and _____ B scripts
- Linear
- Egyptians kings were supposed to rule by set ______
- principles
- The oldest village was _______
- Catal Huyuk
- THe Great Pyramid is made out of _____ and _____
- Limestone blocks and granite
- The _______ created the Mesopotamian civilization
- Sumerians
- Pharoah _____ defeated the Hyksos
- Ahmose I
- _______ then used the Tigris river to invade the Babylonian City.
- Persians
- Amenhotep IV replaced the capital of Egypt, Thebes, to ______
- Akhetan
- Who was an important symbol for the ressurrection process in Egypt?
- Osiris
- Hyksos people introduced _____ Age technology and new warfare like ______ to Egypt
- Bronze age / Chariots
- 970-931 BC _______ built an Israelite Empire with trade routes used for economy.
- Solomon
- Mathematics and Astronomy during Meso period used the number system based off of ____
- 60
- Plato wrote the book _____ which is a world famous book
- The Republic
- Art during this time period was about being _____, ____, ____, and _____
- Moderate, symmetric, balanced, and harmnoic
- What social group made up 90% of the Mesopotamian civilization?
- Commoners
- Menes united ______ and _____
- Upper and Lower Egypt
- During 3100-2100 BC was the _______ Kingdom
- Old
- Arete was the value of _____
- Excellence
- Clay tablets on writing is called ______.
- Nuzi
- The difference in a pharoah from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom was _______.
- Old: God/King New: Shepherd of his people
- Homer wrote the _____ and ______
- Iliad and Odyseey
- The 6 areas where civilization emerged were what?
- 1) Tigris/Euphrates 2) The Nile 3) The Indus 4) Yellow River 5) Central Asia 6) Supe River in Peru
- _____ was the father of Alexander
- Phillip II
- The city of Mycenaeon was the ______ culture
- Warrior
- _____ taught Alexander Polis and other philosophical views.
- Aristotle
- The public virtues are ______, _____, and ______
- Justice, Compassion, and righteousness
- Who was the first king of The Old Kingdom?
- Menes
- The two types of homosapiens are the ________ and the ______
- Neanderthal and Sapiens
- In Nosos, the _____ civilization was created.
- Minoan
- Sumerians used _______ writing
- Cuneiform
- The third stage of humans were the _______
- Homo sapiens
- In the Hebrews religion, ____ started a civil war.
- Mackabees
- The second stage of humans were the _____
- Homo erectus
- _______ was the term for Gods ruled the city
- Theocracy
- The _______ people had the earliest tools.
- Paleolithic
- Upper/Lower Egypt lasted _______ years
- 2,000
- Greeks belief was _______ which was being happy without thinking of the consequences.
- Hedonism
- The Neolithic Revolution was known as the _______
- New Stone Age
- ______ was the Egypt Leader
- Menes
- How many kingdoms were there during Egyptian Civilization
- 3
- Who was the ruler of the Ammorite Dynasty?
- Hammurabi (Sun of the Babylon)
- Mesopotamia was known as the "_______"
- Land between the rivers