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7281464224GilgameshA legendary king of the Sumerian city state of Uruk who is supposed to have ruled sometime during the first half of the 3rd millennium bc.0
7281464225Epic of GilgameshRecounts of his exploits in an ultimately unsuccessful quest for immortality.1
7281466382Hammurabi's Laws (or Code of Hammurabi)A well-preserved Babylonian law code, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world.2
7281503856code of Ur-Nammu (Sumer)The oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language.3
7281608437ZigguratA rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple, first attested in the late 3rd millennium bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.4
7281610180Semitic Migrants Sumerian City StatesIndependent cities constructed around temples and entirely self-contained within mighty perimeter walls. City-states were unified with each other only by their shared use of the Sumerian language.5
7281610181EmpireAn extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.6
7281610182Iron Metallurgyferrous metallurgy using iron and its alloys.7
7281612323Cuneiforma system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE.8
7281612324Ten CommandmentsThe divine rules of conduct given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, according to the biblical book of Exodus.9
7281614331PolynesianOf or relating to Polynesia, it people, or their languages.10
7281626192MonotheismThe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.11
7281626193HebrewsA member of an ancient Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham; an Israelite.12
7281628468Judaism (Importance of Abraham, Moses, and David)The collective monotheistic religion of the Jews.13
7281628469Phoenician TradeUnable to find definition.14
7281630394HieroglyphicsEnigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.15
7281630395Alphabet and the PhoeniciansThe oldest, verified, non-pictographic, consonantal alphabet.16
7293028494HittitesAn Ancient Anatolian people who established an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BC.17
7293031837War ChariotsA carriage-like vehicle used in ancient times with two wheels and driven by horses mostly used for war18
7293034185Vedic ReligionThe ancient religion of the Aryan peoples who entered northwestern India from Persia c. 2000-1200 bc that became the precursor of Hinduism.19
7293036880Zoroastrianisma monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century bc.20

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