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13 Cards in this Set
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Which Mesopotamian king was found floating in a basket on the river?
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Sargon
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Descendants of which of Noah's sons settled in North West Mesopotamia?
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Ham
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The name of the massive, mud-brick, stepped towers Sumerians built for their temples?
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Ziggurats
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Which of the Sumerian gods was supreme, the god of heaven and the oldest of all the gods?
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An (or Anu)
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The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is commonly known as?
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Mesopotamia
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What great event is described in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Sumerian King List?
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a huge flood
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Descendants of which of Noah's sons settled along the west coast of the Caspian Sea?
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Japheth
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According to the Bible, what did Cain name the first city?
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Enoch
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What leader overran the Sumerian city-states around 2340 B. C. establishing the Akkadian empire?
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Sargon
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What was the first large city in Sumeria, developing from 4000 to 3000 BC and beyond?
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Uruk (Unug)
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The Sumerians devised a number system based on what number?
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60
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Which of the four Sumerian deities mentioned in the book was a goddess?
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Ninhursaga
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Which of the two rivers in the Fertile Crescent is the one below or southernmost?
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Euphrates
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