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A region in Southwest Asia that was the site of the world's first civilizations
What is the Fertile Crescent
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Who was the king of Assyria who heard the news that Assyria had attacked the nearby kingdom of Urartu and Zikiruto as planned?
Who is King Sargon II
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Organized list of laws
What is code
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Tyre was the major in what region
What is Phoenicia
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The most sacred text of Judaism
What is Torah
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Sumer is located in what region?
What is Mesoptamia
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A group of travelers journeying together
What are caravans
200
The King of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750 B.C.; creator of the Babylonian Empire
What is Hummurabi
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A set of symbols that represents the sounds of the language
What is an alphbet
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Over time, Israelites beleifs developed into the religion we know today as what?
What is Judaism
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By 3500 B.C., some of the earliest known cities arose in the southern region of Sumer and along what rivers?
What is Tigris and Euphrates
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A powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on wheels
What is a battering ram
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The scribes of Mesoptamia kept their notes and records on what?
What is clay
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Who is the leader who taught the practice monotheism?
Who is Abraham
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The Israelites beleived that God delivered the Commandments to them through who?
Who is Moses
400
Religious, social, economic activities all took place where?
What are temple sites
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Which King rebuilt the city of Babylon, in which the Assyrians had destroyed?
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar II
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The shape and size of a tablet depended on what?
What is purpose
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A time when there is so little food that many people starve
What is famine
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Religious teachers who are regarded as speaking for God
What are prophets
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Sumer was conquered by armies of neighboring who?
Who is Akkad
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An ancient Persian religion
What is Zoroastrianism
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Groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
What is cuneiform
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To force people to live in another place or country
What is exile
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Judaism had an important influence on what two later religions?
What is Christianity and Islam
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