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p.48; 3.5
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clay prism made to demonstrate that the gods selected one city (ur) to rule successively over its Mesopotamian neighbors
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p.49; 3.6
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Ziggurat which is placed in the sacred space of a city-state
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p.54; 3.8
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Legacy from Babylon that reflects legal principles common to ancient mesopotamia called the "Stele of Hammurabi"
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p.55; 3.9
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In this scene, Hammurabi receives legal commands from the enthroned sungod, Shamash.
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57; 3.10
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Statue of Rameses II
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p. 93; 5.1
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Ancient Eqyption scribe reveals intelligence and consciousness of power characteristic of the literate professional class that controlled the preservation and interpretation of Egypt's history
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p.135; 5.8
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Bronze statuette of a bull that represents masculine strenth and virility. Commonly associated with both Baal and Yahweh.
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p.219; 7.8
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The Cyrus Cylinder, which describes Cyrus the Great's capture of Babylon.
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