HIS1510 Test 1 Review F18

The Phoenicians developed an alphabetic system of writing based on vowels and consonants

The Mesopotamian writing --cuneiform-- was used for what?

Mesopotamian society was divided into these class groups

What type of writing system did ancient Egyptians use?

Through widespread trading contacts, the people of the Indus Valley had ready access to

Egypt had no formal class structure, but a social hierarchy with these levels

What contributed to the fall of Late Bronze Age civilizations?

The language of diplomacy in Mesopotamia was

The two major urban centers if the Indus Valley were Harappa and _____

Celtic priests in Gaul and Britian were called

The fundamental idea of Laozi's Daoism is

The Assyrians controlled their empire by

A relatively arid climate with grass and shrub covered plains is called

Sunzi approaches war as a chess game in his book

Carthaginian foreign policy included

In the Nubian matrilineal system, the king was succeeded by the son of his sister

Celtic warriors fought naked and made trophies out of their enemy's arms and legs

Abraham's "recollections" may compress the experiences of generations of pastoralists

A general term used by ancient Greeks to refer to the nomads of the Black and Caspian seas was

What was the name of the woman that held the throne in Egypt's New Kingdom