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A set of laws that governed life in Bablylonian society
What is Hammurabi's Code
Pyramid-shaped brick towers in Sumerian cities were
What is a ziggurat?
Separate is the meaning of
What is distinct?
Fairness or fair treatment
What is justice?
The Phoenician alphabet was based on
What are sounds?
Communities outside of Israel where Jewish people had to live
What is Diaspora
Two things that commemorate the Jewish holiday of Passover are
What is "God freeing the Jews form slavery in Egypt and the Exodus?
An independent state that works with other states to achieve shared military or political goals is
What is an ally?
Two of the Ten Commandments we are to remember are
What are "Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy" and "You shall not steal."
A state containing several countries or territories is
What is an empire
A person believed to be chosen by God as a messenger of truth
What is a prophet?
Separation from one's homeland
What is exile?
A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds is
What is cuneiform?
The text which contains the commentaries of the teachings of Moses was
What is the Talmud
Sumer is important in history because
What is "It was the first civilization"
The belief in more than one God
What is polytheism?
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money is
What is barter?
To gain in weath
What is to prosper
To supply water is
What is irrigate?
An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain society is
What is cultural trait?
The city that became the center of Hammurabi's Mespoptamian empire was
What is Babylon