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World History CH. 4 Vocabulary Review
The Egyptian pharoah who built huge temples and made peace with
the Hittites ruled for nearly 70 years.
Ramses II
The Nubian Kingdom which served as a trade corridor and
became a regional power
Kush
A powerful empire that glorified brutal military strength and the
lion hunt.
Assyria
The Assyrian king who assembled a library of more than 20,000 clay tablets from across
the Fertile Crescent
Ashurbanipal
The Persian military genius who conquered an empire (550-539 B.C.)
that he ruled with tolerance and wisdom.
Cyrus
A 1,677 mile road that ran from Persia to Anatolia and helped
Darius hold his empire together.
Royal Road
A Persian prophet who taught that each person must wage a battle between the spirits of
good and evil
Zoroaster
The Chinese scholar who believed harmony results when society is
organized around 5 basic relationships.
Confucius
The philosophy of Laozi, in which a universal force, “the Way”
guides all things.
Daoism
The Qin ruler who became “First Emperor” in 221 B.C. doubled
China’s size and brutality crushed opposition
Shi Huangdi
Asiatic invaders who swept across the Isthmus of Suez in chariots to rule Egypt from
about 1640- 1570 B.C.
Hyksos
The third period of glory for the Egyptians when they became conquerors and traders. 1570-
1075 B.C.
New Kingdom
She declared herself pharoah (1472-1458 B.C) and encouraged trade .
Hatshepsut
The Chinese king who restored the city of Babylon and
planted the Hanging Gardens
Nebuchadnezzar
Term used for a provincial governor in Darius’s
Persia
Satrap
Devotion to one’s parents and ancestors, according
to Confucius
Filial Piety
A trained civil service, an idea developed by
Confucius
Bureaucracy
A book of oracles, or predictions, that Chinese people consulted for advice
on ethical or practical problems.
I Ching
A government that has unlimited power and uses it
in an arbitrary manner.
Autocracy
An idea of ancient Chinese thinkers in which 2 opposite powers represent the natural
rhythms of life.
Yin and Yang