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babylon
first to rule after sumer; central portion of the fertile crescent
babylon
(2000-1700 BC)
“the gate of God” or “to confuse”
what does babel mean?
sumarian
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Babylon rebelled against __________ rule around 2000 B.C.
hammurabi’s
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________________ rule officially started the babylonian empire
cuneiform
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babylon is known for their __________ writings including the epic of gilgamesh (oldest)
epic of gilgamesh
the oldest work of literature
enuma elish
“babylonian genesis”
place-value notation
greatest mathematical achievement
law code
what was babylon’s greatest achievement?
justice
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law codes create a sense of ________
justice
the use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful
hittites
(1700-1100 B.C.)
hittites
large empire located in asia minor
iron
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the hittites were the first empire to use ______weapons
assyrians
(1100-600 B.C.)
tiglath-pileser I
conquered babylon and set up assyrian empire
nineveh
capital of assyria
israel
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the assyrians captured northern kingdom of ______
ashurbanipal
built the world’s first great library
new babylonian empire
(600-540 B.C)
chaldeans
conquered assyria during nabopolassar’s rule
arabia
where are the chaldeans from?
nebuchadnezzar
who conquered the fertile crescent and southern israel
persian empire
(540-340 B.C.)
cyrus of persia
who conquered babylon?
rebuild
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in 536 B.C. cyrus allowed the israelites to return to jerusalem to ________ their temple
darius and xerxes
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the greatest extent of persian power was under the rules of ________ and _________
darius
first postal system
xerxes (ahasuerus)
husband of queen esther
artaxerxes
xerxes’ successor; nehemiah was his cupbearer
zoroastrianism
false religion of persia
under the law
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the persian ruler was_______ ____ _______
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