Exam 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt the city of Nineveh, making it the Persian capital, and there he erected the Ishtar Gate, which opened on to the Triumphal Way.

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The Ishtar Gate sat outside the city of

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Question 42

The central, sacred text of Zoroastrianism is the

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define the following term: -Cyrus the Great

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Question 44

define the following term: -patriarchal

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All of the following are correct about Byblos except :

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Question 46

define the following term: -Zoroaster

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define the following term: -prophets

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Question 48

The Medes and the Persians were both Semitic speakers.

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Question 49

The Greeks and the Romans, Indo-European speakers, derived their alphabet from the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians.

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Question 50

define the following term: -Torah

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Question 51

Which one of the following is not considered part of the Judeo-Christian heritage in West Civilization?

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Question 52

define the following term: -Jerusalem

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Question 53

The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and the Babylonian Captivity of the people of Judah occurred at the hands of the

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Question 54

The Phoenicians' contributions to the ancient Near East included

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Question 55

define the following term: -the Royal Road

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define the following term: -the Diaspora

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define the following term: -the Zend Avesta

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Question 58

define the following term: -Canaan

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define the following term: -Ishtar Gate

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Exam 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt the city of Nineveh, making it the Persian capital, and there he erected the Ishtar Gate, which opened on to the Triumphal Way.

The Ishtar Gate sat outside the city of

The central, sacred text of Zoroastrianism is the

define the following term: -Cyrus the Great

define the following term: -patriarchal

All of the following are correct about Byblos except :

define the following term: -Zoroaster

define the following term: -prophets

The Medes and the Persians were both Semitic speakers.

The Greeks and the Romans, Indo-European speakers, derived their alphabet from the Semitic-speaking Phoenicians.

define the following term: -Torah

Which one of the following is not considered part of the Judeo-Christian heritage in West Civilization?

define the following term: -Jerusalem

The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and the Babylonian Captivity of the people of Judah occurred at the hands of the

The Phoenicians' contributions to the ancient Near East included

define the following term: -the Royal Road

define the following term: -the Diaspora

define the following term: -the Zend Avesta

define the following term: -Canaan

define the following term: -Ishtar Gate

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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