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41 Cards in this Set
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Who were the Arameans |
One of the most active people in the early middle crescent |
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Were did the Arameans live |
Central syria |
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Where did the Arameans trade |
Fertile Crescent |
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What did the Arameans contribute to the world? |
The Aramaic language |
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What was the Arameans capital? |
Damascus |
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Who were the Phoenicians? |
A Semitic group that migrated from the Arabien peninsula |
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We're did the Phoenicians live? |
The northern part of Canaan |
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We're did the Phoenicians trade? |
Along the Mediterranean coast |
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What did the Phoenicians trade? |
Logs, textiles, glass, jewelry |
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What were the Phoenicians major cities? |
Tyre the capital, bablos, Sidon, and berytus |
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What did the Phoenicians contribute to the world? |
Improved alphabet, bills of sale, contracts |
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Who were the Lydians |
A wealthy independent kingdom known for rich gold deposits |
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We're did the Lydians live? |
Asia Minor |
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When did the Lydians thrive |
Late 600s BC |
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What did the Lydians contribute to the world |
Concept of money. System of currency |
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Who were the Israelites |
Another people group that lived in Canaan |
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How are the Israelites divided |
12 tribes |
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What were the Israelites leaders called? |
Judges |
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Who were the Israelite's leaders? |
Abraham, Moses, Deborah, David, Solomon |
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What were the Israelites scriptures called? |
The Torah |
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What language did the Israelites white there're scriptures in |
Hebrew |
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Who did the Israelites worship |
God Yahweh |
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Who were the Israelites neighbors |
Philistines, Canaan, Phoenicians |
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In what years did the two kingdoms get destroyed? |
722BC northern kingdom, 586BC southern kingdom |
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Who were the Hittites a |
A warrior group who conquered people of Asia Minor |
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What did the Hittites contribute to the world? |
Better weapons chariot iron weapons payments instead of punishment |
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What was the Hittites capital |
Hatusas |
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Who were the Assyrians |
A people living in northern Mesopotamia |
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Where did the Assyrians rule |
Persian gulf to Egypt into Asia Minor |
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What was the Assyrians capital |
Niniva |
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Who were the Chaldean |
New Babylonians who dominated the Fertile Crescent |
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Who ruled the Chaldeans |
Nebuchadnezzar |
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What was distinctive about Babylon at this time |
Hanging gardens |
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what was the capital for the Chaldean |
Babylon |
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Who were the Persians |
Warriors who came form indo Europeans |
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What was the Persians capital |
Persepolis |
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How Is the Persian empire divided |
In Provinces |
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Who ruled the Persians |
Satraps |
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Who is Zoroaster and what did he do |
He was Prophet, called for reformed to the Persian religion |
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What did the Persian individual ruler do |
Govern his province |
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Who was Zoroaster and what did he do |
He was a prophet |
