Chapter 4 Vocab

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  1. 5. Founder of Confucianism
  2. 6. A Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
  3. 8. Road A road for government use built by Darius of Persia which helped unite the empire
  4. 13. A ruler of Egypt who reached an agreement with the Hittites of Anatolia after a standoff battle
  5. 14. A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  6. 16. A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature
  7. 18. A system of government by one person with absolute power
  8. 19. Persian king who put satraps in place and built the Royal Road
  9. 20. Powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia
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  1. 1. Assyrian capital city located on the Tigris
  2. 2. A pharaoh during the Middle Kingdom that was one of the greatest conquerors and many new lands were brought under control under his reign (2 Words)
  3. 3. A system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials
  4. 4. The time period in Egyptian history when Egypt reached the height of its power and glory (2 Words)
  5. 7. The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism
  6. 9. An ancient Nubian kingdom whose rulers controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.
  7. 10. The Daoist concept of opposing forces of nature
  8. 11. Chinese philosophy that taught that humans are naturally evil and therefore need to be ruled by harsh laws
  9. 12. An ancient region in the Nile River Valley known for its development of iron weapons
  10. 15. Created the Persian Empire by defeating the Medes, Lydians, and Babylonians
  11. 17. A governor of a province in the Persian Empire