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| "in the year of our Lord" |
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| main occupations of the Sumerians |
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| *farmers*, herdsmen, shepherds |
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| five continents found in the Old World |
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| Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica |
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| the two major rivers of the Fertile Crescent |
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| a belief based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth |
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| a false idea of how man began |
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| a large body of people who think of themselves as one, are united under one ruler, and are subject to the same general laws |
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| a map of the world in the shape of a sphere |
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| a ruler who comes to power by force |
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| a type of government whose ruler is often born into office and has complete power |
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| all the area between the equator and the North Pole |
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| another name for the Eastern Hemisphere |
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| famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible |
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| located at the top of a ziggurat |
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| man's attempt to put himself in the place of God |
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| ocean between the Americas and Europe or Africa |
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| our only accurate record of ancient history |
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| people who dig up and study the remains of ancient cities |
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| powerful ruler of Ur who built its ziggurat |
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| smallest and coldest ocean |
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| supplying land with water |
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| the Sumerians' form of wedge-shaped writing |
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| the center of our dating system |
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| the circumference of the earth |
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| the diameter of the earth |
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| the event that marks the beginning of history |
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| the hemisphere with the most land |
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| the imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole |
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| the instrument the Sumerians used to stamp their documents |
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| the land God promised Abraham |
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| the most common type of seal |
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| the most important Sumerian city |
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| the mountain on which we believe Noah's Ark came to rest |
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| the southern part of Sumer |
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| the structure built to try to keep man from being scattered after the Flood and where God confused the languages of men |
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| the study of ancient people by means of recovering, preserving, and evaluating remains from the past |
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| the tall temples the Summerians built for worshiping their gods |
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| the type of government found in the United States |
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| the way of life of a group of people |
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| the written record of mankind |
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| this tomb revealed much about the Sumerians' beliefs |
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| used by the Sumerians in their buildings |
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| two major inventions of the Sumerians |
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