| Study Guide for Chapter Four Section 1: 1. What city was the center of Egyptian culture? 2. When Egypt started declining, what did the Kush do? 3. What was Ramses II known for at the Battle of Kadesh? 4. Why did Hatsheput declare herself pharaoh? 5. Why were temples, statues, and palaces better built in the Old Kingdom? Section 2: 1. Who was the king that restored Babylon, and what was an impressive part of his kingdom? 2. What was the Assyrian militia like and how were they equipped? 3. Who was the king who could read several different languages? 4. Who established Assyria’s capital and what’s its name? 5. Who acquired an empire that was the largest in Southwest Asia? Section 3: 1. What was Cyrus’s method of governing? 2. How did Cambyses extend the Persian Empire? 3. Where did the Royal Road run? 4. What were the two Zoroastrian gods and what did they represent? 5. What did the Persians bring to Southwest Asia and how? Section 4: 1. Who was Confucius and what did he believe in? 2. What were Confucius’s five basic relationships? 3. Who was another Chinese thinker and what did he believe? 4. What did Legalists believe and teach? 5. Who was the ruler during the Qin Dynasty? |