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Mesopotamia
Empires
The Hebrews
The Persians
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100
Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers...
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
This empire utilized siege warfare and terror to control their people...
Who are the Assyrians
100
This document is the most sacred text of Judaism and forms the basis of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible...
What is the Torah
100
This Persian led a revolt against the Medes and went on to control an entire empire...
Who is Cyrus the Great (II)
100
This is the sacred text of Zoroastrianism...
What is the Avesta
200
These were temple dedicated to the Chief gods or goddesses of a particular city-state...
What are ziggurats?
200
This empire exerted military power by using three-person chariots in combat....
Who are the Hittites
200
This is the "Land of Milk and Honey"...
What is Canaan
200
This man conquered Persia...
Who is Alexander the Great
200
Moses brought the Ten Commandments down from this mountain...
What is Mt. Sinai
300
This is a belief system that has many gods...
What is polytheism.
300
This man built the "Hanging Gardens" considered one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world...
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II
300
This is the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine during the 2,600 years that followed the destruction of Solomon’s temple...
What is diaspora
300
This man was a religious teacher and prophet in ancient Persia
Who is Zoroaster
300
This man had 12 sons who went on to be the patriarchs of the 12 tribes of Israel
Who is Jacob
400
The Sumerians created this writing system and their math was based around this number...
What is Cuneiform and Base 60
400
This group created the first true alphabet...
Who are the Phoenicians
400
This is a belief system with only one god...
What is Monotheism
400
According to Zoroastrianism, these two entities are locked in an eternal battle of good vs. evil...
Who are Ahura Mazda and Ahriman
400
This man is the only man to fly and survive the battles of both Death Stars...
Who is Wedge Antilles
500
This man was a king of Mesopotamia and wrote a law code that was used across his entire empire...
Who is Hammurabi
500
The Assyrians built this at Nineveh.
What is the Library at Nineveh
500
Food prepared according to the Mosaic Laws is...
What is "kosher"
500
This is the belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces-Good vs. Evil...
What is dualism
500
According to most historical texts this city/group of people were part of the first recorded civilization...
What is/are Sumer/Sumerians