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31 Cards in this Set
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The Phoenicians made this from murex |
purple dye |
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Hittites |
among the first people to build an empire |
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Hittites |
for many years, men who did not believe the Bible claimed that these people never existed |
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Croesus |
The last king of Lydia, a man famous for his great wealth |
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Canaanites |
a people who were so involved with wickedness that they had not time for great accomplishments and left not great deeds recorded in ancient history |
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Assyrians |
a nation of fierce conquerors who made other nations pay tribute money to keep them from invading |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
Daniel was taken captive and brought to Babylon under this Babylonian king |
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minting |
the process of making coins |
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Baal |
the Canaanite god of war and storms |
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Carthage |
a city that was an important Phoenician trading post in northern Africa |
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Cyrus |
he allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple |
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Dead Sea |
the lowest point on the earth's land surface |
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Moses |
he led the Hebrews out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai |
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the 3 continents that meet in the Middle East |
Asia, Africa, Europe |
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This makes up 25% of the Dead Sea |
salt |
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the largest continent |
Asia |
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the Phoenicians most valuable contribution to the world |
the alphabet |
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the group of people who made the world's first coins |
Lydians |
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the first leaders of Israel, chosen by God |
Judges |
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the first king of Israel |
Saul |
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the second king of Israel |
David |
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the third king of Israel |
Solomon |
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the ruler of an empire |
Emperor |
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the capital of Assyria, where Jonah was called to preach |
Ninevah |
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this city was famous for its Hanging Gardens |
Babylon |
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he allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple |
Cyrus |
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this people eventually conquered the Persian Empire |
Greeks |
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the longest and most important river in Israel |
Jordan River |
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the Hebrews are descendents of this man |
Abraham |
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people who carry one country's goods to another country |
middlemen |
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a trade conducted by giving goods for the goods that you need |
Barter |
