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Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King of babylon | Hummurabi |
| Curves between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf | Fertile Cresent |
| the heart of the temple(pyramind shaped structure) | ziggurat |
| political unit with its own government | City-State |
| Worship of many gods | Polytheism |
| Series of rulers from one family | Dynasty |
| Sumerian | Cuneiform |
| Akkadian Ruler | Sargon |
| Hebrew religion | Judism |
| most sacred text of Judism | Torah |
| Solemn Promise | Covenant |
| Ancestral "Fathers" | Patriarchs |
| The journay of Moses | Exodus |
| The scattering of Jews outside Judah | Diaspora |
| Belief in one god | Monotheism |
| Persian King who lead and won the war against median army | Cryus the Great |
| Governors | Satraps |
| Belief in world being controlled by two opposing forces (Good & Evil) | Dualism |
| a man who told there was a god named ahura made the world | Zoroaster |
| Leader of Persia | Darius 1 |
| The emperor/son of Darius 1 | Xerxes |
| Europeans tribes who spoke related languages | Indo |
| Arid grasslands | Steppes |
| Best Chaldean King | Nabuchadnezzar 11 |
| The person that god lead to the promised lands | Abraham |
| The person who led the Israelites out of Egypt | Moses |