Exam 1: The Birth of Civilization

What was one of the key reasons that tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes and made to resettle close to the Assyrian Empire?

In 550 b.c.e. ,which king captured the capital at Ecbatana and united the Medes and Persians under his rule?

The collapse of the Old Kingdom in about 2200 b.c.e.resulted in the First Intermediate Period.This was followed by the Second Intermediate Period in approximately 1630 b.c.e.-a time of imperial glory.Compare and contrast these two periods.

By the fifth century b.c.e. ,most Greeks believed that laws should be obeyed because they are ________.

Chattel slaves were considered luxuries during most of Mesopotamian history because,unlike debt slaves,chattel slaves had to be ________.

What was one major way in which the Hebrew god differed from Babylonian deities?

Which of the following sums up the Mesopotamian perception of the afterworld?

The most famous colony founded by the Phoenicians was that of ________,near modern Tunis in North Africa.

Modern scholars view the Hebrew Bible as ________.

The earliest Neolithic societies appeared in ________.

Which of the following best describes the role of the Persian Shahanshah?

The Assyrians spoke a ________ language closely related to Babylonian.

The ________ and the Medes attacked Assyria so thoroughly in 612 b.c.e.that Assyria never recovered.

The standard form of government in the Mideast was a(n)________.

What ancient Near Eastern empire established a strong centralized government with its capital at Hattusas?

The first civilization arose in ________.

The Nile River was considered to be a major highway,primarily because it connected ________.

Archaeologists refer to the period after 1100 b.c.e.as the ________.

The archaeological findings at Neolithic Jericho and Çatal Höyük suggest that the ________.

The Persians adopted ________ as their official language,the most common language of Middle Eastern commerce.