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What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
Cultural Hearth
Center of civilization
-25% of the worlds known petroleum reserves are on what?
The Arabian Peninsula
When did the Ottoman Empire reach its full extent?
In the mid-1500s
When did Turkey become a republic?
1923
-In Egypt's Ancient Civilization, whose rule started the first dynasty?
King Menes
-In the Dynastic period, agriculture and trade developed along what river?
The Nile
What was a female Pharoah?
Hatshepsut a new kingdom pharoah
-Most of the Sahara Desert and Arabian Peninsula receive fewer than how many inches of rain per year, and daytime temperatures can climb to what?
More than 130ºF
Fewer than 4 inches of rain
Pharoah means what in ancient Egyptian?
Great house
What ushered in the New Kingdom?
When the Egyptians rebelled against the Hysos and defeated them
The Tigris and the Euphrates flow through parts of what?
Syria, Turkey, and Iraq
What is considered the beginning of the Middle Kingdom?
When Menuhotep II restored Egypt to stability and power in the 1900s BC
About how long did Rameses II rule for?
66 years
What was his family known for?
Military power
What was Rameses II most famous battle?
The battle of Kadesh
Rameses II lead his own military Campaigns around what age?
22
when was the 1st ever peace treaty signed?
In 1258 BC the Hittites and the Egyptians in the Battle of Kadesh
Rameses II was the____ ruler of the _____ dynasty
3rd of the 19th
When did Rameses II die
1213 BC at age 90
What does Diffusion mean?
Spreading of religions
What does Diaspora mean
The spread of Jews