World History CH. 4 Vocabulary Review

The Egyptian pharoah who built huge temples and made peace with

the Hittites ruled for nearly 70 years.

Ramses II

The Nubian Kingdom which served as a trade corridor and

became a regional power

Kush

A powerful empire that glorified brutal military strength and the

lion hunt.

Assyria

The Assyrian king who assembled a library of more than 20,000 clay tablets from across

the Fertile Crescent

Ashurbanipal

The Persian military genius who conquered an empire (550-539 B.C.)

that he ruled with tolerance and wisdom.

Cyrus

A 1,677 mile road that ran from Persia to Anatolia and helped

Darius hold his empire together.

Royal Road

A Persian prophet who taught that each person must wage a battle between the spirits of

good and evil

Zoroaster

The Chinese scholar who believed harmony results when society is

organized around 5 basic relationships.

Confucius

The philosophy of Laozi, in which a universal force, “the Way”

guides all things.

Daoism

The Qin ruler who became “First Emperor” in 221 B.C. doubled

China’s size and brutality crushed opposition

Shi Huangdi

Asiatic invaders who swept across the Isthmus of Suez in chariots to rule Egypt from

about 1640- 1570 B.C.

Hyksos

The third period of glory for the Egyptians when they became conquerors and traders. 1570-

1075 B.C.

New Kingdom

She declared herself pharoah (1472-1458 B.C) and encouraged trade .

Hatshepsut

The Chinese king who restored the city of Babylon and

planted the Hanging Gardens

Nebuchadnezzar

Term used for a provincial governor in Darius’s

Persia

Satrap

Devotion to one’s parents and ancestors, according

to Confucius

Filial Piety

A trained civil service, an idea developed by

Confucius

Bureaucracy

A book of oracles, or predictions, that Chinese people consulted for advice

on ethical or practical problems.

I Ching

A government that has unlimited power and uses it

in an arbitrary manner.

Autocracy

An idea of ancient Chinese thinkers in which 2 opposite powers represent the natural

rhythms of life.

Yin and Yang