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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
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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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