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Who founded the Kingdom of Israel?
Name the Egyptian chief god
Amon-Re
What were the Ten Commandments?
Laws given to Moses by God
What civilization spread the technology of ironworking throughout the ancient world?
Hittites
Why is the Rosetta Stone so important?
gave historians a way to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics
Who ruled the city-states of Sumer?
warrior kings
Who is believed to have founded the Israelite nation?
Abraham
What civilization is called the "carriers of civilization"?
Phoenicians
What is the name for a Sumerian temple?
A ziggurat
How did the Israelites see themselves under God?
The "chosen people"
Name an achievement of the Old Kingdom
The Egyptians built the pyramids