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40 Cards in this Set

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Modern day country of the Minoans

Crete (Greece)

Archeologist who excavated Knossos

Arthur Evans

Son of Abraham and Sara

Issac

Holy book of the Jews

Torah

Language that is a mixture of Hebrew, Polish, German

Yiddish

Jewish New Year

Roshhashanah

Jewish Dietary rules

Kosher

3rd Holiest Building in Islam

Dome of the Rock

Greatest contributions of the Phoenicians

Alphabet

Animal that Minonians leapt over

Bull

Birthplace of Abraham

Ur

Jew of Northern European origin

Ashkenazi

Dispersion of Jews from Judea

Draspora

Last remaining part of the Temple of Solomon

Western Wall

Street meaning 'Way of Sorrows'

Via Dolorosa

He flew too close to the Sun and died

Icarus

Most powerful Phoenician colony

Carthage

Father of the Jewish people

Abraham

Name for Jewish Sabbath day

Shabbat

Lowest point on Earth

Dead Sea

Inventor of the Labyrinth

Daedalus

Container built to house the 10 commandments

Ark of the Covenant

Person who killed the Minotaur

Theseus

Jews of Spanish or North African origin

Sephardhi

The Bible takes it's place from this city

Biblos

Territory that consists of West Bank and Gaza

Palestine

King who founded Jerusalem

King David

Straight that separates Atlantic and Mediterranean sea

Gibraltar

Fortress where Jewish Zealots hid from Romans

Masada

Jewish coming of age ceremony

Bar Mitzvah

Name of the solemn promise b/w G-d and the Jews

Covenant

Movement to gain Jews a homeland

Zionism

Capital of the Minoans

Knossos

Jewish holiday- Liberation from slavery in Egypt

Passover

Jewish holiday- Day of Atonement

Yom Kippur

snail that produced the purple dye

Murex

modern day country of Phoenicians

Greece

Jewish neighborhoods in Europe

Ghettos

Christians in Jerusalem

Church of the holy sepulchre

Muslim in Jerusalem

Dome of the rock