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Western civilization developed most of its defining characteristics in isolation from other societies and peoples. |
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During the Stone Age, the earliest hunters and gatherers used bronze tips for their spearheads, arrowheads, and other cutting tools. |
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Sumerian law protected and promoted the family as the primary social and economic unit. |
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When writing first emerged in Sumerian society, both men and women could study it, but later, women were excluded from the profession of scribe. |
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The Indo-Europeans spoke a Semitic language, which they spread as they migrated south into modern-day Turkey and Iran and eastward toward India. |
| | A) | True |
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The agricultural and mineral wealth of the Nile Valley allowed Egyptians to trade for the goods that they lacked, such as wood and textiles. |
| | A) | True |
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Egyptian ideas about the afterlife were based upon their experiences in the Nile Valley. |
| | A) | True |
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During the Middle Kingdom, Egyptian kings pursued isolationist policies, going so far as to prohibit profitable trade with Nubia and other neighboring realms. |
| | A) | True |
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Akhenaten's imposition of a monotheistic religion caused turmoil in his kingdom and did not long outlive him. |
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The Phoenicians, renowned for their sea-faring skills, ventured as far as Spain and the African coast, where they established trading colonies. |
| | A) | True |
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After the change in leadership that the Hebrews experienced in the period 1200 – 1050 B.C.E., the first kings encouraged nomadic lifestyles to counter the threats of their neighbors. |
| | A) | True |
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Solomon violated certain commandments by marrying foreign women and allowing them to worship their own deities even though they resided in Jerusalem. |
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The Persians' intolerance of the Jews resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in 515 B.C.E. |
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Once people discovered the techniques for forging iron, the use of iron for weapons, tools, and utensils spread rapidly throughout the Mediterranean world. |
| | A) | True |
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The Assyrians forbade the use of a common language among their conquered peoples as part of their policy of ruling by terror. |
| | A) | True |
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The Babylonians learned the effectiveness of terror from their predecessors, the Assyrians, and also continued the tradition of constructing an architecturally advanced urban center. |
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Some of the astrological and mathematical innovations of the Babylonians, including divisions of time, are still with us today. |
| | A) | True |
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Cyrus the Great created an administration that promoted loyalty to his rule and limited the possibilities for corruption and abuses of power. |
| | A) | True |
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The Persian Empire successfully ruled its diverse subjects by following a policy of tolerance. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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When the Akkadian ruler Sargon (2350 B.C.E.) conquered Sumer, he used religion as the key to uniting his Akkadian people with the vanquished Sumerians. |
| | A) | True |
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The Phoenicians created a purely phonetic alphabet (letters which correspond to spoken sounds as opposed to characters that represent actual objects). |
| | A) | True |
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The earliest cities in the Middle East had slaves, but the slave culture of this era was not based on racial distinctions. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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