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Western Civ to 1648Exam #1 Questions and
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Sumerian - Answer: (3100 BCE) members of the indigenous non-Semitic people of ancient Babylonia.
Ma'at - Answer: Religious term, refereing to "universal harmony"
Polytheistic - Answer: many gods
Sea People - Answer: Confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the
Mediterranean region between c. 1276-1178 BCE, concentrating their efforts especially on Egypt.
Kadesh - Answer: a city in the region of Syria and an important center of trade in the ancient world. It is
probably best known as the site of the famous battle between Pharaoh Rameses II (The Great, 1279-
1213 BCE) of Egypt and King Muwatalli II (1295-1272 BCE) of the Hittite Empire in 1274 BCE.
Darius I - Answer: was the third Persian King of the Achaemenid Empire. His reign lasted 36 years, from
c. 522 to 486 BCE; during this time the Persian Empire reached its peak. Darius led military campaigns in
Europe, Greece, and even in the Indus valley, conquering lands and expanding his empire
Hieroglyphics - Answer: system of writing used by the ancient egyptions
Rosetta Stone - Answer: stela dating from 196 BCE which presents a priestly decree concerning King
Ptolemy V of Egypt. The text is in three different versions: Hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek, a fact which
immeasurably helped to finally decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
, Zoroastrianism - Answer: teachings became the foundation of a religious movement named
Zoroastrianism, a tradition that would largely dominate Persia until the mid-7th century CE
Tutankamen - Answer: Egyptian boy king, famous mummy
Ziggurat - Answer: Its purpose is to get the temple closer to the heavens, and provide access from the
ground to it via steps. The Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and
earth.
Yahweh - Answer: is the name of the god of the ancient Hebrews
Animistic - Answer: Animism is the religious belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a
distinct spiritual essence.
Monolatry - Answer: the worship of one god without denial of the existence of other gods.
Papyrus - Answer: reed "paper" used in ancient times
Epic of Gilgamesh - Answer: he Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia t
Nebachadnezzur II - Answer: responsible for the so-called Babylonian Exile of the Jews and, so, for the
formation of modern-day Judaism (in that, the temple destroyed, the Priestly class of the Levites of the
Jews had to re-create their religion "in a foreign land"
Hittites - Answer: The Hittites occupied the region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day
Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, developed a culture apparently from the indigenous Hatti (and possibly the
Hurrian) people, and expanded their territories into an empire which rivaled, and threatened, the
established nation of Egypt.
Assyria - Answer: region in the Near East which, under the Neo-Assyrian Empire, reached from
Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) through Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and down through Egypt.
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