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HIST 261 Midterm Questions answers latest update
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HIST 261 MidtermSargon - Akkadian King, known for his cruelty
Homer - A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Xerxes - Persian King Darius' son; takes on the role of king and attempts to get
revenge on the Greeks for his father
Cyrus the Great - founder and king of the Persian Empire, generally tolerant,
allowed the Jews to return and took on local customs
Hammurabi - King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi
(transgressions and appropriate penalties)
Priam - King of Troy; wise and fair
Herodotus - the ancient Greek historian known as the father of history
Philip of Macedon - King of Macedon; father of Alexander the Great; fought along
side his men and awarded them for their support and efforts; assassinated
,Narmer - Egyptian King who is believed to have brought 2 Egyptian Kingdoms
together, upper and lower Egypt
Achilles - Nearly invulnerable Greek warrior with a short temper
Pericles - Athenian general who led Athens during the war with Sparta; he made
sure that poor as well as rich citizens could take part in government
Alexander the Great - Tutored by Aristotle, son to Philip of Macedon, defeats
Persian king Darius, expands Macedonia empire all the way to India
Hatshepsut - Became pharaoh of Egypt after Narmer; known for peace and
monumental building projects, which were defaced after her death. She was
portrayed with a beard, even though she was a woman, because all pharaohs
were depicted with a beard
Agamemnon - King of Mycenae, leader of the Greeks during the Trojan war,
proud and arrogant
Thucydides - Ancient Greek historian; author of the History of the Peloponnesian
War
Tarquin - Last king of Rome, he was remembered as a tyrant; Rome no longer had
kings after him
, En-Heduanna - Daughter of Sargon, high priestess, first known author
Abram/Abraham - A Hebrew shepherd from the city of Ur (city in Mesopotamia)
Ashoka - Grandson of Chandragupta (Sandrokotto) and converts Mauryan empire
to Buddhism and ahimsa
Nero - Last of the four bad emperors of Rome; he caused fights, fiddled in others
business, and murdered many people (including his own mother); later killed
himself to escape consequences
Gilgamesh - King of Uruk
Cleisthenes - He took power and earned the title "father of democracy"; he
divided Athens into sections; ostracism (get rid of the too powerful via votes)
Chandragupta Maurya - Offered to help Alex conquer India; founder of the
Mauryan Empire; also known as "Sandrokottos"
Fu Hao - Queen of china during the Shang dynasty
Wu Ding - King of china during the Shang dynasty
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