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According to “Empire Builders of the Near East,” who were considered a “deadly force of
ruthless attackers”?
Assyrians
Hebrews
Hittites
Indo-Europeans
Question 3
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According to “Empire Builders of the Near East,” who built the very first, world empire?
David
Hatshepsut
Hammurabi
Sargon
Question 4
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According to “Earliest Civilizations of the Near East,” which of the following peoples
contributed the greatest legacy to Western civilization?
Egyptians
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Question 5
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According to “Empire Builders of the Near East,” which of the following is NOT one of the
legacies of the Persian Empire?
Universal Religion
Paved way for cosmopolitan society
Universal Language
Political unity
Question 6
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According to “Earliest Civilizations of the Near East,” where did most civilizations rise up?
along caravan routes
in desert oases
near water
in the mountains
Question 7
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According to “Earliest Civilizations of the Near East,” Sumer, the foundation for Mesopotamian
culture, was located in which region?
Mediterranean coastline
Fertile Crescent
Ural Mountains
Ganges River Bed
Question 8
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According to “Empire Builders of the Near East,” who was the greatest Chaldean ruler, who
sacked Jerusalem and took many Israelites into captivity?
Belshazzar
Cyrus the Great
Darius I
Nebuchadnezzar
Question 9
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According to the lecture, “Earliest Civilizations of the Near East,” which seafaring people,
mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, gave us the writing system based on sound, rather
than pictures?
Egyptians
Hebrews
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Question 10
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True or False: According to “Earliest Civilizations of the Near East,” the purpose of this course
is to consider all important civilizations from around the world.
