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Mesopotamia means...
What is land between 2 rivers.
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A momentous innovation of the Sumerians was..
What is cuneiform
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The belief in many gods is called
What is polytheism
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The Sumerians produced the first epic poem called...
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Hyskos brought in the ____ Age
What is the Bronze Age
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Neolithic means...
What is Old Stone Age
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During the second intermediate phase, what group invaded the Nile Valley?
Hyskos
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Egypt was ruled by a...
What is a pharaoh
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Freemen and women who were dependent on the nobility were called...
What is a client
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What great king united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Who was Menes
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3 Advancements that sustained agriculture led to...
What is music, literature, religion
300
What was the most successful feature of the Neolithic period?
towns
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What was Hammurabi's most memorable achievement?
Hammurabi's Code of Law
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What did the Greek historian Herodotus call Egypt?
Gift of the Nile
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Egypt was reunited in the 8th Century B.C.E. by the
Kushites
400
A large family of languages that includes English and most European languages
What is indo-european
400
The political unification of Egypt began a period known as the
What was the Old Kingdom
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Hittites and Egyptians fell to what invaders?
Sea people
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What Hebrew led them out of slavery in Egypt and into Palestine
Moses
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The New Kingdom in Egypt was characterized by enormous wealth and...
Concience emperialism
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The most important source for our knowledge of the ancient Jews has been
What is the bible
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The Phoenicians greatest cultural achievement was the
What is the alphabet
500
What was the key theme in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is the quest for immorality
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The Hebrew leader who captured the city of Jerusalem
David of Bethlahem
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The most important factor in the political unification of Egypt was...
geographical unity