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50 Cards in this Set
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What two rivers did mesopotamia lye between.
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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what mesopotamians formed small groups of city states?
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Sumerians
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Which Akkadian warrior conquered Sumer and united them under his power.
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Sargon I
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Who created the worlds first empire?
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Sargon I
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Grew around the city of Akkad in north Sumer
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Akkadian Empire
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Resided in a region on the Upper Tigris river
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assyrians
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Rebelled against Assyrian rule in 626, and flourished until the entrance of Alexander the Great in 331
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Babylonian Empire
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A Sumerian poem recorded early in the 2nd millennium BCE describing a universe that originated by means of spontaneous generation
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Babylonian creation myth
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God of the primordial sweet waters
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Apsu
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God of the Primordial bitter waters
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Ti’amat
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Son of Apsu; champion of Humanity
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Marduk
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1st epic poem of struggle friendship, and the quest for immortality
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Double sided wooden panel excavated from the city of Ur
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Standard of Ur
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•Individuals not regarded as equals only by wealth and social status
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Code of Hammurabi
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•Babylon’s 6th ruler, Hammurabi codified the existing legal practices in
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Code of Hammurabi
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What two rivers did mesopotamia lye between.
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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what mesopotamians formed small groups of city states?
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Sumerians
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Which Akkadian warrior conquered Sumer and united them under his power.
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Sargon I
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Who created the worlds first empire?
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Sargon I
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Grew around the city of Akkad in north Sumer
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Akkadian Empire
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Resided in a region on the Upper Tigris river
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assyrians
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Rebelled against Assyrian rule in 626, and flourished until the entrance of Alexander the Great in 331
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Babylonian Empire
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A Sumerian poem recorded early in the 2nd millennium BCE describing a universe that originated by means of spontaneous generation
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Babylonian creation myth
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God of the primordial sweet waters
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Apsu
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God of the Primordial bitter waters
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Ti’amat
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Son of Apsu; champion of Humanity
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Marduk
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1st epic poem of struggle friendship, and the quest for immortality
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Double sided wooden panel excavated from the city of Ur
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Standard of Ur
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•Individuals not regarded as equals only by wealth and social status
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Code of Hammurabi
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•Babylon’s 6th ruler, Hammurabi codified the existing legal practices in
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Code of Hammurabi
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Area in which the code of hammurabi is engraved
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stele of hammurabi
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–Symbolized the sacred mountain which linked the realms of heaven and earth.
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The Ziggurat
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•Constructed of rubble and brick, it was believed that such towers might bring one closer to heaven.
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Ziggurat at Ur
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•Small group of Mesopotamians who made the lasting contribution of monotheism.
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hebrews
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protection in exchange for loyalty and obedience
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covenant
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Division of Cannan resulted in how many tribal areas?
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12
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Cannan came to be called what following its occupation by powerful tribes of philistines?
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palestine
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is described in the Hebrew Bible as a sacred container, wherein rested the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments as well as other sacred Israelite objects
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ark of covenant
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Hebrew name of God
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YHWH (Yeweh), [Jehovah (Latinization)]
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Demands ethical monotheism
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decalogue
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hebrew laws
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decalogue
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the universe is a gift given by God to his supreme creation, humankind.
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The Hebrew Cosmology
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•Hebrew God transcended nature and preceded the universe.
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The Hebrew Cosmology
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•Human beings are created in the moral & spiritual image of God
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The Hebrew Cosmology
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•Palestine (Canaan) becomes a powerful state under the leadership of three Hebrew Kings.
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Hebrew state
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under which three kings became the hebrew state
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–Saul (r.1040 – 1000BCE)
–David (r.1000 – 960BCE) –Solomon (r.960 – 920BCE) |
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Who divided the hebrew state into two divisions?
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Solomon
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Northern part of hebrew state after it was divided is known as what?
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Israel
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Southern part of hebrew state after it was divided is known as what?
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Judah
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The finest example of wisdom literature in the hebrew bible
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book of job
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