History Quizzes Chapter 2
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- large political unit or state, usually under a single ruler, controlling many peoples
- empire
- around 2340 BC, the sumerian city-states were conquered by the akkadians under which leader?
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gilgamesh
sargon*
hammurabi - who invented the wagon wheel, a math system based on units of 60, and the sundial?
- sumerians
- the most famous piece of mesopotamian literature
- the epic og gilgamesh
- what is egyptian history divided into?
- old, middle, & new kingdoms
- what influenced the development of egyptain civilization the most?
- nile
- what did the egyptians based their calendar on?
- sun & moon
- what does osiris symbolize?
- resurrection
- who destroyed the hittite empire?
- assyrians
- who was the king of the chaldeans that rebuilt babylon?
- nebuchadnezzer
- who were the cavalry & infantry forces that numbered at least 10,000?
- immortals
- what taught that ahuramazda was the supreme god, ahriman was the evil spirit, & humans had freee choice?
- zoroaster
- how was the persian empire weakened?
- struggles to control the throne
- who was called "the great" because he showed wisdom & compassion?
- cyrus