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Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arches | An invention that the Sumerians created |
| Babylonians | People from the city-state of Babylon that came to power around 1800 B.C. |
| Bible | The Hebrew and Christian book that is thought to be holy |
| City-state | City surrounded by smaller villages |
| Code | The laws that Hammurabi collected from many groups of people |
| Commandment | A rule,or a way to act |
| Cuneiform | The writing invented by Sumerians |
| Dikes | An embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river |
| Famine | A time when crops do not grow and there is no food |
| Hebrews | A group of people from the Middle East and a book of the New Testament |
| Merchant | A buyer or seller of goods for profit; especially one who carries on trade on a large scale or with foreign countries |
| Mesopotamia | Region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates extending from the mountains of East Asia Minor to the Persian Gulf |
| Military | Having to do with the army |
| Phoenicians | The first great sailors and traders |
| Priest | Religious leader |
| Sacrafice | 1. To give up something important for a good reason 2. The offering of something to God or a god |
| Sumerians | A tribe in Mesopotamia that shared a common language and religion |
| Ziggurat | The name for a Sumerian temple |
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