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  1. 3. Hatshepsut's stepson who proved to be a much more warlike ruler might have even murdered Hapshepsut.
  2. 8. Assyrian king and empire builder
  3. 10. Chinese ruler who came to power in 221 B.C. and unified and expanded China by ending internal battles and conquering rival states
  4. 11. a region of Africa that straddled the upper Nile River
  5. 12. capital of the assyrian empire
  6. 14. In Daoist belief, complementary factors that help to maintain the equilibrium of the world. One is associated with masculine, light, and active qualities while the other with feminine, dark, and passive qualities.
  7. 17. (551-479 BCE) A Chinese philosopher known also as Kong Fuzi and created one of the most influential philosophies in Chinese history.
  8. 18. A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
  9. 19. the belief that people were bad by nature and needed to be controlled
  10. 21. A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.
  11. 22. a system of government by one person with absolute power.
  12. 24. An Assyrian king who told people to bring back writings and collected about 20,000 cuniform tablets were now found form him. Made a huge library in Nineveh
  13. 25. a city on the Nile River that became the center of Kushite culture and industry
  14. 26. Southwest Asian kingdom that controlled a large empire from about 850 to 612 B.C.
  15. 28. Made a treaty with another Hittite king that promised "peace and brotherhood between us forever." Their alliance lasted for the rest of the century.
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  1. 1. A Kushite king who overthrew the Libyan dynasty that had ruled Egypt for over 200 years. He united the entire Nile Valley from north to south. (751 B.C.)
  2. 2. A road for the government use built by the ancient Persian ruler Darius which helped unite the empire
  3. 4. A Chinese book of oracles, consulted to answer ethical and practical problems.
  4. 5. First female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade (1472 B.C.)
  5. 6. a Nubian kingdom
  6. 7. Persian king who put satraps in place and built the Royal Road
  7. 9. a Southwest Asian people who helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
  8. 10. A governor of a province in ancient Persia
  9. 13. Asiatic invaders who ruled Egypt from about 1640 to 1570 B.C.
  10. 15. Kingdom third period of Egypt's glory, during this time it was wealthier and more powerful than ever before (about 1570-1075 B.C.)
  11. 16. Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
  12. 17. Persian king who created a huge empire
  13. 20. The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism.
  14. 23. Cyrus's son
  15. 27. piety respect for parents