World History Test 2

What was the first recorded date in history?

Who led the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

What prophet warned Nineveh of God's coming judgment?

What empire did Nabopolassar establish?

Which Assyrian king collected a library of 100,000 cuneiform tablets?

What metal did the Hittites use to make their weapons?

After this king's reign, Israel split into two kingdoms.

To whom did the Southern Kingdom of Israel fall?

Who was the king of the Greek gods?

Who did the Assyrian Empire fall to?

What Macedonian king conquered most of Greece before being murdered?

How many ways was Alexander the Great's empire divided?

Which Israeli king asked for wisdom to rule?

Who was defeated at the Battle of Salamis?

Which nation is the only one to have a complete written account of its history?

What does "philosopher" mean?

Who was the first human king of Israel?

Who deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom?

What hilltop fortress what the seat of government and religion in Greek society?

Which Israeli king was killed on the battlefield for his disobedience to God?

What Greek philosopher drank poison instead of being exiled from Athens?

Who introduced democratic principles to Athens?

What kingdom was located north of Greece?

What year did the Peloponnesian War end?

What peninsula is located in western Asia between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

How many cities did Alexander the Great name "Alexandria"?

Who allowed the Jews to return to Israel by royal decree?

Who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dreams about prophetic empires?

Who built the palace at Knossos?

Who started the Peloponnesian War?

What is the time period between Alexander's conquests and the Roman empire?

Who spread their alphabet as they traded in the ancient world?

Which king pushed Israel to its greatest extent?

Who led the children of Israel into Canaan by crossing the Jordan River?

What is the basic idea of truth in Greek philosophy?

When the kingdom of Israel divided, what name did the Southern Kingdom take?

What word means "a large group of soldiers armed with shields and spears charging as a group"?

Who was the blind poet who refined Greek mythology into the stories The Iliad and The Odyssey?

Who built the Royal Road?

What structure was reflected int the first Greek governments?