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| What is a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river? |
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| What is the watering of dry land by means of channels or pipes? |
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| What is a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding? |
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| What is the gradual wearing away of soil by wind, glaciers or water? |
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| What is a raised arched structure built to carry water over long distances? |
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| What is a group of lands and peoples ruled by one government? |
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| What is a long period of dry weather? |
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| What is a the way a country manages money and resources for the production of goods and services? |
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| What is a professional writer that kept records and copies letters and official documents? |
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| What is a system of writing that used wedge shaped symbols to represent sounds, ideas and objects, developed in ancient Sumer? |
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| What is a self governing city often with surrounding lands and villages? |
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| What is a large pyramid with several stories built by the ancient Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians? |
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| What is the belief of many gods and goddesses? |
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| What is a written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government? |
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| What is the religion of the Jewish people? |
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| What is a special agreement? |
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| What is a person who is believed to speak for God? |
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| What is the first five books of the Hebrew bible containing laws and teaching of Judaism? |
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| What is the belief of one god? |
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| What is the laws gave to Moses on Mt. Sinai, according to the Hebrew bible? |
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| What is the scattering of Jews to many parts of the world? |
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| Who is the King who united the city-states of Sumer to create an empire? |
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| Who is the legendary Mesopotamian king and hero? |
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| Who is the king of the Babylonian Empire and created one of the oldest known codes of law? |
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| Who is the founder of Judaism, led his family from Ur to Canaan? |
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| Who is the prophet who let the Isrealites out of slavery in Egypt? |
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| Who is the king of Isreal who made Jerusalem his capital? |
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| Who is the king of Israel and son of David and built the temple at Jerusalem? |
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