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7251174366Gilgamesha legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.0
7251181913Epic of GilgameshAn epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature.1
7251186563Hammurabi's LawsThe Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia2
7251195686Code of Ur-NammuIs the oldest known law code surviving today.3
7251198088ZigguratA temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.4
7251208327Semitic MigrantsPeople who migrated and who spoke tongues in the semitic family of languages, including Akkadian,Aramaic,Hebrew and Phonecian.5
7251216293Sumerian City StatesWere centers of political and military authority and their jurisdiction extended into the surrounding regions.6
7251228693Empirean extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.7
7251276189Iron Metallurgy8
7251277814Cuneiformdenoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.9
7251280618Ten Commandmentsare laws or rules handed down to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.10
7251283324Polynesiana native or inhabitant of Polynesia, or a person of Polynesian descent.11
7251286938Monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.12
7251291012Hebrewsa member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine13
7251294674Judaismthe monotheistic religion of the Jews.14
7251297169Phoenician Tradeamong the greatest traders of their time and owed much of their prosperity to trade.15
7251303493Hieroglyphicsa stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems.16
7251306903Alphabet and the PhoeniciansPhoenician is a "consonantal alphabet", also known as "abjad", and only contains letters representing consonants. Vowels are generally omitted in this phase of the writing system.17
7251323955HittitesThe Hittites were a powerful people from Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) who emerged as a rival to Assyria. It is believed that the Hittites were the first to develop iron metallurgy.18
7251329449War ChariotsA chariot is a small carriage pulled by horses.19
7251332193Vedic Religionthe ancient religion of the Aryan peoples who entered northwestern India from Persia c. 2000-1200 BC. It was the precursor of Hinduism, and its beliefs and practices are contained in the Vedas.20
7251334225Zoroastrianismis one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions.21

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