For administrative purposes in the Old Kingdom Egypt was
Divided into provinces called nomes
Old kingdom Egypt's stability was due to all of the following factors except which one?
Large and professionally trained army
The Mesopotamian Gods were
Anthropomorphic
The Hyksos
Were a semitic-speaking people who infiltrated Egypt in the seventeenth century BCE
The Sumerians
Created the wheel and plow or were plagued by incessant warfare between their many city-states
The geographical setting of ancient Mesopotamia
Required skillful engineering to irrigate crops
All of the following are true of Hammurabi's code except
It imposes only mild penalties for most crimes
The focal points and sources of life for the ancient Egyptian's were the
Nile River and the Pharaohs
The Nile River provided ancient Egypt with
Excellent artery for transportation
Women's roles and status in prehistoric hunting and gathering societies may be revealed in
The probable balance of the contributions of gatherers to those of hunters in dependably providing food for the group
All of the following are true of Sumerian religion except that it
Placed great emphasis on an eternal afterlife in heaven or hell
According to Egyptian theology the pharaoh derived his authority from
the fact that he was perceived as a divine instrument
Sumerian science produced all of the following except
domes and arches
The creator of the first Mesopotamian empire to incorporate Sumer into a larger state
Sargon of Akkad
The ruler of Upper Egypt who is credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt was named
Menes & Narmer
All of the following are believed to be developments of the Paleolithic Age except
The regular production of food through agriculture
The hero of the epic of Gilgamesh does all of the following except
Kills his enemy Enkidu
Traditionally the Neolithic Revolution involves
The transition of man from a primary diet of meat to a primary diet based on agriculturally produced wheat and grains
Mesopotamian religion was
One in which no god reigned supreme and deities were closely related to cities
All of the following are characteristics of early civilizations except
Centralized states with specific boundaries and sophisticated systems of taxation or tribute
Amenhotep IV is best known for
The temporary installation of the god of the sun disk in Egyptian culture
The early Neolithic age saw
A slow transition from hunting and gathering to an agricultural society
Old Kingdom Egypt's stability and self-sufficiency was due to all of the following factors except which one
Large and professionally trained army
_______ means something like "justice, right order, and harmony" ; it is the principle by which
Ma'at/pharaoh
Which of the following statements best describes Mesopotamian ideas about life after death
Mesopotamians believed that the after life was a terrible desert place of heat and starvation
All of the following were included in the "job description" of the pharaoh except
Writing permanent law codes
The Hittites played an important role in the history of the middle east because
expanded west
The greatest international sea traders of the ancient Near East were the
Phoenicians
All are true of Egyptian ideas about the afterlife except
Old kingdom Egyptians believed that the after life was only for the pharaoh
The Phoenicians' contributions to the ancient Near East included all but
Their defeat and destruction of the Hebrews's twelve tribes
The term Indo-Europeans refers to
A linguistic group who spread across Europe and the Near East
The ancient civilization that discovered the art of smelting iron ore
Hittites
The Phoenicians
Established trade routes and colonies throughout the Mediterranean region
Which of the following statements best describes the Assyrian government
The king's power was absolute
All of the following are true of Chaldeans except
They were conquered by Cyaxares &Medes
Assyrian king Ashurbanipal did all of the following except
Destroyed Babylon and stole the Babylonian gods
All of the following helped make Assyria an efficient military machine except for
Humane treatment of prisoners
Cyrus the great
Overthrew the Medes and established the Achemenid Empire in Iran
The Persian Empire's system of satrapies allowed for
A sensible system of collecting tribute based on an area's productive capacity
The tradition of the Hebrews states that they were descendants of the patriarch ____ who had migrated from Mesopotamia to the land of Palestine
Abraham
Solomon's most revered contribution to the Hebrew society was to
Construct the Temple, the symbolic center of the Hebrew religion and society
Which of the following statements concerning Zoroastrianism is false
It did not include a final judgement among its belief
In Zoroastrianism, the evil spirit was known as
Ahriman
The Persian Emperor Xerxes
Was the father of Artaxerxes I
The Exodus in the Old Testament refers to
The Hebrews' flight from Egypt under the guidance of Moses
King David's chief contribution in Hebrew history was the
Establishment of Hebrew control over all of Palestine
The Hebrew bible
Focuses on the basic theme of the necessity of the Hebrews to obey their god
Ancient Egypt was a rural state that consisted of hamlets, villages, and small towns. Who controlled the breadbasket of Egypt?
Nomarchs
Why did the most Powerful Egyptian kings prosper
They managed the agricultural state even in times of drought
The sea people employed military tactics that foreshadowed modern strategies. What were they
They targeted control centers of aristocratic ruler ship.
Eberhard Zanger presents the theory that the sea people were
Mycenaean
