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Another name for the Ten Commandments |
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Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire |
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Symbols used to express ideas |
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Human worship, making man into a god |
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The founding fathers of Israel * Abraham *Isaac *Jacob |
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Greek word for "between the rivers" |
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When did civil government begin? |
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Who helped transmit the alphabet wherever they went? |
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The sea-trading Phoenicians |
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What was the greatest nation in the world around 1000 B.C? |
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Inhabitants of Asia Minor, who were the first to use iron extensively |
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Name means divided. The Bible states that the earth was divided during his days |
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Huge temples built by the Sumerians |
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Persian ruler, that was called by God "my shepherd" and "my anointed" |
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Who was called the "apostle of Islam" |
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Who established the world's first postal system? |
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Developed the world's most ancient law |
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Led the building of the tower of Babel |
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Called Ahasuerus in the Bible |
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Began the Neo-Babylonian Empire |
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Established the Old Babylonian Empire |
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Destroyed Jerusalem and carried away its inhabitants |
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Conquered the Medes and established ther Persian Empire |
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What empire's fall marks the end of the Ancient period of history? |
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What was the greatest achievement of the Old Babylonian Empire? |
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Who founded the Muslim religion? |
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What two rivers make up the Fertile Crescent? |
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Name of the foundational civil ordinance |
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What was the false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs of men? |
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World's oldest work of literature, outside the Bible |
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What country was the main highway of the ancient world? |
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Which king expanded Israel's boundaries and moved the capital to Jerusalem? |
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What is considered the first true alphabet? |
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developed the world's first civilization |
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The Old Testament was written in? |
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What is the focal point of all history? |
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Assyrian king who built the world's first great library |
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Akkadian ruler who conquered Sumer |
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Where did Henry Martyn do a pioneer missionary work? |
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"Postdiluvian" refers to things that happened after ? |
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Who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Israel? |
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Cultures that were instrumental in the development of writing |
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* Phoenicians developed a 22 consonant alphabet * Greeks combined Semitic and Phoenician alphabets * Sumerians developed writing and preserved many written records * Hebrews developed the Sinai script |
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