CSET Subtest 1 (World History)
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Mesopotamia - ANSWER✔✔tigris and euphrates river
cuneiform (writing)
organized gov.
written law code (hammurabi's code)
systemized religion (zoroastrianism)
astronomy
Egypt - ANSWER✔✔Nile river, mediterranean and Red Sea
religion of gods (pharaoh)
writing (hieroglyphics)
engineering (pyramids)
mathematics
India - ANSWER✔✔Indus and Ganges rivers, Arabian Sea
urban culture
planned cities (sanitation system)
Metallurgy (gold, copper, bronze)
Measurement (weight, height, length, mass)
China - ANSWER✔✔Yellow River
writing
commerce
,government
Sumerian facts - ANSWER✔✔Sumerians were the creators of mesopotamia
(3000B.C)
- large-scale irrigation system
- invented the wheel
- ziggurat= temple, treasury
- Sargon established the first empire (2371B.C)
Babylonian facts - ANSWER✔✔- conquered Sumeria/new empire (2300B.C)
- code of hammurabi (1750B.C)
- centralized gov./algebra and geo.
The Hitties - ANSWER✔✔(2000-1200B.C)
- conquered much of Asia Minor and northern Meso
- invention of iron smelling, which revolutionized warfare
The Assyrians - ANSWER✔✔(911-550B.C0
- military techniques include siege warfare, iron weapons, and intimidation
- centralized gov, postal service, library, and a system of highways
The Chaldeans - ANSWER✔✔(605-538B.C)
- conquered Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine
- developed astrology, astronomy, advanced gov. bureaucracy, and architectural
"Hanging Gardens of Babylon"
, The Persians - ANSWER✔✔- attempted to unify the entire Near East under one
rule (500sB.C)
- Persia established an international gov.
- Zoroastrianism was an ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil
- Persia was conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331B.C)
The Phoenicians - ANSWER✔✔- first explorers, traders, and colonizers
- invented the first true alphabet
- dominated the Mediterranean commerce, exported manufactured glass and purple
dye
The Lydians - ANSWER✔✔- reached its zenith under King Croesus (golden kind)
- responsible for the first coinage of money
The Israelistes - ANSWER✔✔- established the first lasting monotheism
- Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (1030B.C)
- after death of Solomon, Hebrews divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah)
- disunity and conquest resulted in destruction of Israel/Judah (722/586B.C)
Significant aspects of Egyptian civilizations: - ANSWER✔✔- dominated by
concern for the afterlife, religion, and the pharaoh
- medical advance and specialized surgery
- invented hieroglyphic writing system
- commerce flourished throughout Arabia, India and Africa
- agriculture was the basis of economy
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