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19 Cards in this Set
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Plain of Shinar |
Biblical name for Sumer |
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Promulgation |
Making laws known |
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Zoroastrianism |
False pagan religin |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
Destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C. |
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Hittities |
First to use iron |
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Assyrians |
Used earliest steal weapons |
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Darius I |
Used tax money to rebuild temple |
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Islam |
New relgion from Arabia, decendants of Ismael |
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Hegira |
Muhammad's "Flight" from Medina |
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Medina |
City where Mohammed ruled for 10 years |
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Caliph |
Successor's that lead Arab musilms to holy wars |
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Battle of Tours |
Stopped Muslim advance into western Europe |
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Names for Holy land |
Canaan, Palestine, and Isreal |
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Why study History? |
To make interactive thinkers better thinkers and improves judgement |
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Why is the study of History important? |
So each generation can know about people, events, and ideas of the past to make decisions in the present |
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Characteristics that differentiate man from animals |
Language, thought, right and wrong, and freedom to make choices |
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Origin of Civil Government |
Fall, flood, and civil authority |
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Why is Civil Government is necessary? |
Necessary for restraint of evil demorating sanctity of human life |
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Agricultural techniques and inventions of Sumerians |
Dams, Dikes (flood control), wheel |
