History Of The World - Chapters 1 - 2

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Lamech

Back 1

Man's rebellion against God is seen in this man's life who bragged about the murders he had committed.

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The people of Sumer

Back 2

These people irrigated their land with canals and developed a written language.

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Equality under the law

Back 3

This means all people who commit the same crime should be punished in the same way.

Front 4

Promulgation

Back 4

Means making the laws known.

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Nation-State

Back 5

A nation or people living in its own land with its own government.

Front 6

Sargon

Back 6

The King of Akkad

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Anu

Back 7

Sumerian god of the sky who supposedly ruled all the other Sumerian gods.

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Baal

Back 8

Chief god of the Canaanites.

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Shamash

Back 9

Babylonian sun god who supposedly gave Hammurabi authority to make his code of laws.

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Amorites and Elamites

Back 10

An invasion by ___ and ___ brought the Sumerian empire to an end in the 1900s BC

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Nanna

Back 11

The Sumerian god that supposedly owned the city of Ur.

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Wheel

Back 12

Sumerians were the first people known to have used this device which is now used by everyone almost every day.

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Cuneiform

Back 13

Wedge-shaped writing form that provided the world with perhaps the first written language.

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Humanism

Back 14

Putting man in place of or above God

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Evolution (theory)

Back 15

The belief man was not created by God, but evolved from animals

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Culture

Back 16

The way of life of a group of people

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Shinar or Sumer

Back 17

The place where survivors of the flood settled

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Nimrod

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Leader of Shinar, and head of the construction of Babel and it's tower.

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Nation

Back 19

A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit

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Dispersion

Back 20

The scattering of people over the earth

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Middle East

Back 21

Where the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe meet

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Fertile Crescent

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The area of the Middle East known for its ability to grow crops

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Tigris

Back 23

River that means "arrow"

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Euphrates

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River that means "that makes fruitful"

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Mesopotamia

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Area around the Tigris and Euphrates; Means "land between rivers"

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Ur-Nammu

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King of Ur, builder of the ziggurat.

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Hammurabi

Back 27

King of Babylon who united all of Mesopotamia under his rule

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Bureaucracy

Back 28

An organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern

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Marduk

Back 29

Chief god of Babylon city; king of all gods (per Babylonians)

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Canaan

Back 30

Center of the ancient world; location where Abraham was called to

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Sargon

Back 31

King of Akkad that conquered the Sumerians

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Stylus

Back 32

Writing instrument

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Cuneiform

Back 33

A wedge shaped writing

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Anu

Back 34

Sumerian God of the sky

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Ziggurats

Back 35

Towers built in tiers or stages, each smaller than the one beneath it, all atop a large mound of clay or debris

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Nanna

Back 36

Sumerian God of the moon

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Empire

Back 37

Rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples

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Babylon

Back 38

Center of a new empire

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Shamash

Back 39

Babylonian God of the sun

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Promulgation

Back 40

Making laws known

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Nation-State

Back 41

A nation or people living in it's own land with it's own government

Front 42

Baal

Back 42

Chief god of the Canaanites