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Innovation and Religion
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the form of writing in which symbols or pictures represent concepts or sounds
What is hieroglyphics
100
Later civilizations developed basic algebra and geometry by building on the number system created by
Who are Sumerians
100
According to the Torah, who led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt?
Who is Moses
100
Persian thinker Zoroaster spread the idea of
What is heaven, hell, and judgement day
100
Who made a covenant with god in which Canaan was promised to the Hebrew people?
Who is Abraham
200
The Jewish holy day of rest and worship
What is the Sabbath
200
Hammurabi's Code was important because it was the first time that a state's laws were
What is set down in writing
200
Sumerians viewed the afterlife as...
What is a grim underworld with no way out
200
In the bureaucracy of Egypt's Old Kingdom, government matters, such as tax collection and the irrigation system, were supervised by...
What is the vizier
200
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are also known as
What is the New Testament
300
The ruler who is thought to have built the Hanging Gardens in Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
300
What new war technology did the Hyksos invaders bring to Egypt?
What is horse-drawn war chariots
300
The world's first civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in
What is Sumer
300
The oldest-known peace treaty in history was an agreement between Egypt and the
Who are the Hittites
300
Which invaders occupied the Nile delta during Egypt's Middle Kingdom?
Who are the Hyksos
400
The scattering of Jews across different parts of the world
What is Diaspora
400
Why was the god Osiris especially important to the Egyptians?
What is he was god of the Nile
400
Which of the following matters would be covered under the civil law section of Hammurabi's Code?
What is divorce
400
According to Egyptian beliefs, the pharaohs recieved the right to rule from the god
Who is Amon-Re
400
In ancient Egyptian society, most people were
What is peasant farmers
500
Religious figure who introduced the idea of a single wise god to the Persian Empire
Who is Zoroaster
500
How did the religious beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of most nearby peoples?
What is they believed in one all-powerful god
500
The skill of iron-working spread across Asia, Africa, and Europe through the migration of iron-smiths from what empire?
What is Hittite
500
To show the importance of their subject, Egyptian artists typically portrayed pharaohs as
What is larger than other human figures
500
A Sumerian innovation that later civilizations built on...
What is cuneiform
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