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Aegean Levant Early Empires

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Topic 1: 1 pointSuccessors of Sargon

justified their right to rule by claiming that they had the approval of

What/who are the gods?

Topic 1: 2 pointsEgyptian expansion of

their empire under the New Kingdom brought a revolution in this

What are religious beliefs?

Topic 1: 3 pointsHe tried to convince

Egyptians that their was only one God

Who was Akhenaton?

Topic 1: 4 pointsHe created the first

empire in Mesopotamia, which would last for two hundred years.

Who is Sargon?

Topic 1: 5 pointsHe was the Babylonian

King who created the legal principle of “an eye for an eye.”

Who was Hammurabi?

Topic 2: 1 pointThe Shang system of

writing pictured below

What are ideographs?

Topic 2: 2 pointsThis oldest Indo-Aryan

religious text consist of more than 1,000 ancient hymns

What is the Rig-Veda?

Topic 2: 3 pointsThe Zhou leader who

is responsible for the invasion of the Shang Kingdom

Who was Wu Wang?

Topic 2: 4 pointsThe exchange of land

for military service an arrangement between Zhou nobles and the Zhou emperor

What is feudalism?

Topic 2: 5 pointsThe belief system that

suggest that all things in nature have a spirit

What is animism?

Topic 3: 1 pointIn addition to

invasions the Minoans and Mycenaeans had to deal with these forces of Mother nature

What are Earthquakes?

Topic 3: 2 pointsHomer paints a very

vivid description of the Trojan war and its aftermath in these epic works

Who are the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Topic 3: 3 pointsThe writing system of

the Minoans

What are Linear A and Linear B?

Topic 3: 4 pointsMany historians

believe that the best picture of Mycenaean life are preserved in these pictures

What are frescoes?

Topic 3: 5 pointsMinoan and

Mycenaean civilizations are said to be the parents of this civilization

Who are the Greeks?

Topic 4: 1 pointThe 22 letter symbols

that became the basis for one the first alphabets

What is the Phoenician Alphabet?

Topic 4: 2 pointsThe founder of the

Kingdom of Isreal

Who is David?

Topic 4: 3 pointsIn addition to being

fierce warriors the Assyrians also improved their speed, communication and, movement by building a network of these What are roads?

Topic 4: 4 pointsThe Chaldeans

deportation of the entire population of Judah

What is Babylonian Captivity ?

Topic 4: 5 pointsPerhaps not the first

attempt at monotheism but definitely the most lasting

What is Judaism?

Topic 5: 1 pointNomadic Conquers

from Caucasus mountain region

Indo -Europeans?

Topic 5: 2 pointsThe first people to

use iron weapons on a large scale

Who are the Hittites?

Topic 5: 3 pointsAfter we conquered

the Indus river valley we established a caste system based on color

Who are the Indo-Aryans?

Topic 5: 4 pointsWith the help of the

chariot and bronze weapons we were able to conquer, and occupy Egypt

Who are the Hyksos?

Topic 5: 5 pointsThe Sea raiders who are

credited (responsible) for the down fall of the Mycenaeans

Who are the Dorians?

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As a team, decide how many of the points you already have you wish to wager.

If you get the question correct, you will earn double the points you wagered.

If you get the question incorrect, you will lose the points you wagered. Good luck!

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Empires

The domestication of this animal made the military success of various Indo-

Europeans possibleWhat is the horse?