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| 220291599 | Ziggurats | Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick | 0 | |
| 220291600 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 1 | |
| 220291601 | Epic of Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. | 2 | |
| 220291602 | Lex talionis | Law of retribution "an eye for an eye" | 3 | |
| 220291603 | Yahweh | a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH | 4 | |
| 220291604 | Sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 5 | |
| 220291605 | Babylonians | they extended their own empire and therefore helped bring civilization to the Middle East; Hammurabi introduced his code of law; it established rules of procedure for courts of law and regulated property rights and the duties of family members, setting harsh punishments for crimes | 6 | |
| 220291606 | Assyrians | Known as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries; their empire stretched from east to north of the Tigris River all the way to centeral Egypt; used ladders, weapons like iron-tipped spears, daggers and swords, tunnels, and fearful military tactics to gain strength in their empire | 7 | |
| 220291607 | Phoenicians | Sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast | 8 | |
| 220291608 | Torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written | 9 | |
| 220291609 | Hitties | The Hitties were the most influential Indo-Europeans, who migrated to the central plain of Anatolia just after 2,000 B.C.E, and then lead language and rule onto their people. Strong relationships during the seventeen and sixteen centuries B.C.E. with Babylonian and Mesopotamian peoples, along with accepting the latters into thier parthenon. They are well known for constructing horse drawn chariots (2,000 B.C.E), which were lighter and more manuverable, along with iron metallurgy refinment (1,300 B.C.E). The Hittites discovered that by heating then hammering the metals they were much more workable, and were able to fashion stronger tools to their advantage. | 10 | |
| 220291610 | Hebrews | a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him | 11 | |
| 220291611 | Isrealites | choosen people of god | 12 | |
| 220291612 | Jews | followers of judaism | 13 | |
| 220291613 | Monotheism | belief in a single God | 14 | |
| 220291614 | Polythesim | the belief of many gods | 15 | |
| 220291615 | Sargon of Akkad | an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region's first Semitic dynasty and was considered the founder of the Mesopotamian military tradition. | 16 | |
| 220291616 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 17 | |
| 220291617 | Abraham | the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac | 18 | |
| 220291618 | David | (Old Testament) the 2nd king of the Israelites | 19 | |
| 220291619 | Solomon | (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC) | 20 | |
| 220291620 | Nebuchadnezzar | a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine | 21 | |
| 220291621 | Ashurbanipal | king of Assyria who built a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC) | 22 | |
| 220291622 | Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus | 23 | |
| 220291623 | Ten commandments | A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. | 24 | |
| 220291624 | Indo-european | A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia | 25 |
