Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
49 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
reformer of the Persian religion
|
Zoroaster
|
|
Israelite judge who defeated the Canaanites near Mount Tabor
|
Deborah
|
|
Developed monotheistic religion
|
Israelites
|
|
Seafaring traders
|
Phoenicians
|
|
Overland traders
|
Aramaeans
|
|
Developers of the three-person chariot
|
hitites
|
|
Preachers who arose during the Babylonian exile
|
Prophets
|
|
Divider of the Persian Empire into Provinces
|
Darius
|
|
Sppoken by most Fertile Crescent people until A.D. 800s
|
Aramaic
|
|
Child of David
|
Solomon
|
|
The israelite tribes were ruled by the judicial and military leaders called
|
Judges
|
|
the gold-rich Asia Minor Kingdom that prospered around 600 B.C. was called
|
Lydia
|
|
At its height, the persian empire encompassed about (pop)
|
50 Million people
|
|
The holy Jewish writings compiled around 400 B.C. are called the
|
Torah
|
|
Around 1200 B.C., the Aramaeans settled in what is now central
|
Syria
|
|
The Jewish festival of Passover celebrates...
|
The israelite exodus from egypt
|
|
By 650 B.C., the Assyrian empire stretched from...
|
The persian gulf to Egypt and into asia
|
|
The Israelite king who set up a capital in jerusalem was
|
David
|
|
The system of Trade that involved exchanging goods for other goods is called the
|
Barter
|
|
During the rule of king Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon became/was
|
known as the one of the world's most beautiful cities
|
|
King Cyrus II allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem in
|
539 B.C.
|
|
both the Hebrew and Arabic languages are closely related to
|
Aramaic
|
|
Persepolis, the magnificent capital of Persia, was built by
|
Darius
|
|
List 3 things that was characteristic of the Phoenicians
|
~Sailed on seas
~Improved Alphabet ~Setup Colonies |
|
List 3 things the persians contributed to the Middle Eastern civilization
|
~Satraps
~War ~Avesta teachings |
|
Group from which persians originated
|
Indo-Europeans
|
|
Phoenician City-state
|
Tyre
|
|
Successor of Mosses
|
Joshua
|
|
Includes the first five books of the Bible
|
Torah
|
|
Active trading peoples
|
Aramaeans and Phoenicians
|
|
Jewish escape from Egypt
|
Exodus
|
|
divisions of israelites
|
12 tribes
|
|
Neighbors in Canaan
|
Philistines and Phoenicians
|
|
Provincial governors of the Persian Empire
|
Cyrus and Darius
|
|
Built the hanging gardens
|
Nebuchadnezzar
|
|
Three phonician gods
|
~Baal
~Astarte ~Adonis |
|
The capture of Nineveh marked ...
|
The end of the Assyrian empire
|
|
3 things that are true of the persians
|
1.more tolerant of conquered ppl.
2. Constructed 1500 mile royal highway 3. Possessed strict moral code. |
|
1st Israelites settled in
|
Canaan
|
|
The economy of Phoenician civilization was based on
|
Mediterranean Shipping and trade
|
|
The hitites were best known for their
|
Military techniques and weapons
|
|
Scattering of Jewish communities outside their homeland
|
Diaspora
|
|
Christianity and Islam greatly influenced by judism's
|
monotheistic teachings
|
|
the assyrians earned a reputation for
|
extreme cruelty
|
|
portions of the Bible were written in
|
aramaic
|
|
According to the teachings of Zoroaster..
|
1. Humans had to chose between forces of good and evil
2. if choose good there is reward. if chose evil there is punishment |
|
Caldean capital where Jews were taken into exile
|
Babylon
|
|
Around 2,000 B.C. the Persians settled in present day
|
Iran
|
|
The Greek Alphabed was based on the easy to learn 22 character alphabet system of the
|
Phoenicians
|