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100
religion that believes in 1 God
What is monotheism?
100
a pyramid-like structure built by the Sumerians
What is a ziggurat?
100
this civilization began using the wheel
What are the Sumerians?
100
established the first known empire?
Who is Sargon?
100
length of time that Israelites lived in Egypt
What is 430 years?
200
religion that believes in more than 1 god
What is polytheism?
200
the study of interpreting human events by position of the stars
What is astrology?
200
this ruler organized an early system or code of laws
Who is Hammurabi?
200
this river served to unify Egypt
What is the Nile?
300
the earliest known form of writing
What is cuneiform?
300
a period of time of unrest which separated the 3 "kingdoms" of the ancient Eqyptian culture?
What is an intermediate period?
300
responsible for bringing bronze weapons to Egypt
Who are the Hyksos?
300
lived in a polytheistic culture and called by God to leave his hometown of Ur
Who is Abraham?
300
a lengthy, fictional story about a hero who survived the flood
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
the land between 2 rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
400
the first Kingdom or the Old Kingdom was also called this
What is the "Age of Pharaohs"?
400
hieroglyphics
What is the Eqyptian culture?
400
the most famous Pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid at Giza
Who is Khufu?
400
capital of Amorite civilization- one of the greatest city of the Ancient world
What is Babylon?
500
the study of celestial bodies
What is astronomy?
500
responsible for the division of hours and minutes into units of 60 units
What is the Sumerian civilization?
500
an Israelite who was sold into slavery and became the #2 man in Egypt?
Who is Joseph?
500
Sargon's capital
What is Akkad?
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