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20 Cards in this Set
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Abraham
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Founder of the Jewish religion
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Torah
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The Jewish holy book
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Yahiveh
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The God of the Jews
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10 Commandments
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The Jewish list of Ethical Codes
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Hammurabi's Code
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The system of laws for the ancient sumerians. Believed in an eye for an eye.
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Cuneiform
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Ancient Sumerians system of writing
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Ziggurat
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The temple where Sumerians believed the Gods lived
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Solomon
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Build the great temple of Jerusalem.
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Pharoah
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Name of the Egyptians living God.
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Vizier
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The Pharaohs chief minister
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Hieroglyphs
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The written language of the Ancient Egyptians
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Rosetta Stone
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Was discovered that revealed the written languages of Greek,Hieroglyphs, and Demotic.
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Mummification
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Mummified the bodies of the dead so they could have a good afterlife.
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Ka
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A person's life force that leaves their body when they die and becomes a spirit.
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Sabbath
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A Jewish belief that they should not, and do not do anything on the 7th day of the week.
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Saul
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First king of Israel.
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Moses
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Lead the Jews out of slavery
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David
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Former King of Israel.
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