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Fertile Crescent is: |
the region encompassing Mespotamia and Cannan |
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the word Phoenicia means: |
purple people or traders of purple |
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Which group is believed to be the originator of the alphabet? |
Phoenicians |
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What 3 promises is in the Abrahamic Covenat? |
1) desecndants 2) Cannaan 3) blessings |
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what does monothesis mean: |
belief in one god |
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What did Sargon II do ? |
In 772 he destroyed Samaria and took captive the 10 northern tribes of Israel
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What did Sennacherib do? |
Tried to lead the Assyrians to capture Jerusalem. Failed |
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What is Disaspora? |
the dispersion of the jews |
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Who is Cyrus? |
one of the greatest conquerors in Persia: Persian King |
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What did Zoroaster do? |
he was the religious leader and believed and taught in one god, Ahura Mazda. |
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Darius the Great |
under him the empire reached its great, after his it disbanded. |
