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The fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Mesopotamia

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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The earliest known form of writing

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Cuneiform

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Pyramid like structures that had terraces at different levels along their exterior

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Ziggurats

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Established the first empire and made his capital the city of Akkad, city-state Kish, created the Akkadian empire

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Sargon

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The rule of one people over another

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Empire

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6th king of the amorites, best known for his code of laws

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Hammurabi

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The study of celestial bodies

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Astronomy

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The practice of trying to interpret human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars

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Astrology

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Crescent shaped fertile region encompassing Mesopotamia and the land of Canaan

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Fertile Crescent

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One of the pagan gods of the Canaanites

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Baal

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God’s covenant with Abraham in which He promised Abraham descendants, a land for his descendants and a Messiah that would come through his seed

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Abrahamic Covenant

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Man who God chose to bring Israelites out of bondage in Egypt

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Moses

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Belief in only one God

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Monotheism

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Man God chose as the next king, a man “after God’s own heart”, from his family the promised Messiah would come

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David

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David’s son, Israel reached its peak during his reign, built the temple

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Solomon

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70 year exile of Israelites in Babylon

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Babylonian Captivity

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Man from around 3000 BC that is said to have united upper and lower Egypt, named his capital “White Walls” (later named Memphis)

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Menes

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Rulers of ancient Egypt

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Pharaohs

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Most famous pharaoh, built great pyramid at Giza

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Khufu

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Early ruler of the new kingdom, one of the rare female rulers of Egypt, may have been the “daughter of pharaoh” who found Moses as a baby

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Hatshepsut

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Greatest Egyptian warrior king, under his rule Egyptian armies conquered Palestine and Syria, called the “Napoleon of Egypt”

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Thutmose III

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Built mammoth temples and monuments

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Ramses II

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A form of picture writing

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Hieroglyphics

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Led Assyrian army in 722 BC and destroyed Samaria and took captive the 10 northern tribes of Israel (2 Kings 17)

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Sargon II

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Tried to take Jerusalem during King Hezekiah’s reign

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Sennacherib

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“New Babylonian” Empire reached its height during his reign

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Nebuchadnezzar

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The scattering of the Jewish people

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Diaspora

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Co-ruler of Babylon, used golden vessels from the temple to drink out of and toast to the pagan gods of the Chaldeans, was drunken and saw the writing on the walls called Daniel to interpret it and was killed the same night by the conquering Medes and Persians

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Belshazzar

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One of the greatest conquerors who ever lived, Persian king, called in the Bible “Lord’s anointed”

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Cyrus

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Provinces in the Persian kingdom, king’s secret police

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Satrapies

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Religious leader of who the ancient Persian religion was founded and named by

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Zoroaster

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Persian king where Persia reached its height expanding all the way to Greece

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Darius the great

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A warlike people who came from Central Asia sometime after 1500 BC and subdued the non-aryan people of northwest India; established Sanskrit

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Aryans

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Early Indian language established by the aryans

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Sanskrit

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Collection of religious literature that contains the early traditions and religious beliefs of ancient India

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Vedas

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Extended family that includes the children, grandchildren, wives and close blood relatives of a common ancestor

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Joint family

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A system of rigid social groups in India

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Castes

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Indian religion that has no formal statement of doctrine but is based on the vedas and Upanishad; serves as a unifying influence in India’s diverse society

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Hinduism

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The great Hindu god who is believed to permeate everything on the universe

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Brahman

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A person’s deeds in life that Hindus believe determine his status in the next

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Karma

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Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama; a religion built on the Four Noble Truths

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Buddhism

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Also know as Buddha “the enlightened one” found Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Center of Buddha’s teachings;
(1) suffering is part of all existence
(2) suffering is due to selfish desires
(3) suffering can be overcome by destroying selfish desires
(4) a man must follow the Eightfold Path to destroy selfish desires

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Four Noble Truths

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Changeless reality with no suffering

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Nirvana

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Chinese term reflecting their belief that china was the center of the earth

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Middle Kingdom

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Worship of a family’s ancestors

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Ancestor worship

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Also called the K’ung Futzu, most honored teacher in Chinese history, called by Chinese “the master” taught a moral government would produce a moral society

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Confucius

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Founded by Laozi; encouraged men to live in harmony with nature; became the basis of mystical, magical, and superstitious elements in Chinese nature

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Taoism

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Founded Taoism, taught that Tao (meaning “the way”) was the pervading force in nature

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Laozi

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