Exam 4: First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 Bce

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Compare the ways the new states in Southwest Asia and East Asia used public works as a way to assert legitimacy and integrate their empires.

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Which of the following was an important Persian building project?

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The battle at Salamis marked the beginning of a reversal for the Persian military, who continued to lose ground to the Greeks.

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Compare the Zhou state to the Neo-Assyrian state and Persian Empire. How did they form different types of states? How did each try to integrate its realm?

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Which of the following led to migrations of nomadic populations in the first millennium BCE?

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Which of the following is a valid comparison between the Zhou and other Afro-Eurasia states?

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What was the Zhou doctrine that legitimated the rule of a dynasty called?

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Which of the following marks a difference between the way Assyrians and non-Assyrians were treated under Tiglath Pileser III?

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To what does the word mahajanapada refer?

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Who were the Brahmans in Vedic society?

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Which of the following best describes Zoroastrianism?

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Who united the Persian tribes and established the Persian Empire?

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What do the architectural decorations of the Persian Empire indicate?

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The culture of individual warrior-heroes that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Islands was evoked in which piece of literature?

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The Phoenicians' most iconic trade item was an expensive purple dye.

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Which of the following about the Phoenicians is correct?

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Which of the following is correct about the decline of the Zhou dynasty?

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Zoroastrian teachings and the Vedic texts both drew their religious ideas from their pastoral and tribal roots.

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Which of the following is correct about the Persian Empire?

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Which of the following about Assyrian society is correct?

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Exam 4: First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 Bce

Compare the ways the new states in Southwest Asia and East Asia used public works as a way to assert legitimacy and integrate their empires.

Which of the following was an important Persian building project?

The battle at Salamis marked the beginning of a reversal for the Persian military, who continued to lose ground to the Greeks.

Compare the Zhou state to the Neo-Assyrian state and Persian Empire. How did they form different types of states? How did each try to integrate its realm?

Which of the following led to migrations of nomadic populations in the first millennium BCE?

Which of the following is a valid comparison between the Zhou and other Afro-Eurasia states?

What was the Zhou doctrine that legitimated the rule of a dynasty called?

Which of the following marks a difference between the way Assyrians and non-Assyrians were treated under Tiglath Pileser III?

To what does the word mahajanapada refer?

Who were the Brahmans in Vedic society?

Which of the following best describes Zoroastrianism?

Who united the Persian tribes and established the Persian Empire?

What do the architectural decorations of the Persian Empire indicate?

The culture of individual warrior-heroes that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Islands was evoked in which piece of literature?

The Phoenicians' most iconic trade item was an expensive purple dye.

Which of the following about the Phoenicians is correct?

Which of the following is correct about the decline of the Zhou dynasty?

Zoroastrian teachings and the Vedic texts both drew their religious ideas from their pastoral and tribal roots.

Which of the following is correct about the Persian Empire?

Which of the following about Assyrian society is correct?

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Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780

Reordering the World, 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires, 1850-1914

An Unsettled World, 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern, 1910-1939

The Three-World Order, 1940-1975

Globalization, 1970-2000

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