HIST 1001 : Exam 1 Study Guide
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Satrap: governor of a part of the persian empire; directly subject to the great king. Chaldeans: a member of an ancient people who lived in chaldea circa 800. Rosetta stone: discovered in egypt in 1799; contains an inscription written in hieroglyphs, egyptian demotic, and greek: allowed us to crack the hieroglyphic code. Assyrians: (9th century bce) a semitic-speaking mesopotamian people who devoted themselves to war; they introduced standing armies, improved weapons made of iron, and mounted soldiers: displaced their conquered peoples. Hieroglyph: sacred writings of egypt that combined logographs (whole words) and phonograms (sounds) Cyrus: king of persia from 558-530 bce; conquered and incorporated. Lydians, mesopotamians, and babylonians: had a very tolerant empire (when it came to hebrews and conquered peoples) Temple: a building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.
