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First to rule after Sumer

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Old Babylonian Empire

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What does “Babel” mean in Babylon?

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“the Gate of God”

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What does “Babel” mean in Hebrew?

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“To Confuse”

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Whos rule officially started the Babylonian empire

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Hummurabi

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5
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Oldest form of literature outside of the Bible

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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“Babylonian Genesis”

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Enuma Elish

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greatest mathematical achievement

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Place-Value Notation

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Babylonians greatest achievement

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Their law code

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What do law codes create?

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A sense of justice

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The use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful

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Justice

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First empire to use iron weapons

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Hittites

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Conquered Babylon and set up Assyrian Empire

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Tiglath-pileser I

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13
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Capital of Assyria

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Nineveh

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14
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Who captured Northern Kingdom of Israel

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Assyria

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15
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Built the world’s first great library

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Ashurbanipal (from Assyria)

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16
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Conquered Assyria during Nabopollasar’s rule

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Chaldeans (from Arabia)

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Conquered the fertile crescent and southern israel

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Nebuchadnezzar

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18
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Conquered the Bab(ylonian empire?)

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Cyrus the Great

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19
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What did cyrus allow the israelites to do?

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To return to Jerusalem to build their temple

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20
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When was the greatest extent of Persian power?

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When they were under the rules of Darius and Xerxes

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21
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Established the first postal system

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Darius

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22
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Husband of Queen Esther

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Xerxes (Ahasuerus)

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23
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Xerxes’ successor

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Artaxerxes

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24
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Who was Artaxerxes cupbearer?

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Nehemiah

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25
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False religion of Persia

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Zoroastrianism

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26
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What was the Persian ruler under?

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He was under the law

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27
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Order of Empires

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-Old Babylonian Empire
-Hittites
-Assyria
-New Babylonian Empire
Persia

28
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What is Israel called?

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Canaan, Promised Land, Palestine

29
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View Israel as central to their beliefs

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Christianity, Judaism, Islam

30
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What was important about Israels location?

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Israel was a main highway for trade and travel

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What was Abraham?

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Father of the nation of Israel

32
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Called out of Sumerian culture to start a new godly culture

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Abraham

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The patriarchs (founding fathers) of Israel

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Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

34
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Garden in Babylon that was given as a gift to the kings wife

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

35
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led Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land

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Moses

36
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Solemn agreement between God and Israel

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Gods covenant

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The terms/conditions for Gods covenant

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God would bless and honor His people if they chose to obey Him

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God’s basic principles of right, wrong, and morality; “The Decalogue”

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10 commandments

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nation ruled by God

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Theocracy

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Human leaders who were chosen by God

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Moses, Joshua, the Judges

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2nd King of Israel (after Saul)

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David

42
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capital of Israel during Davids reign

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Jerusalem

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David’s son who reigned as a king for 40 years

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Solomon

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What did Solomons name mean?

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Peace

45
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What happened after Solomon died?

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Israel split into Northern (Israel) and Southern (Judah) kingdoms

46
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Who conquered Samaria

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The Assyrian empire

47
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Who was Jerusalem captured by?

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The Babylonian empire

48
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conquered Israel a few years before Jesus’ birth

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The Roman Empire

49
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Created the first postal system

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Darius

50
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Whos descendants continued Jesus’ line

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David

51
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ruled over the Middle East

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Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire)

52
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The capital of Byzantine

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Byzantium (Constantinople)

53
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Arabic religious leader from Mecca who founded Islam

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Mohammed

54
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Received visions from Allah (the islamic god) who told him he was the leader of a new, world-wide religion

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Mohammed

55
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followers of Islam

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Muslim

56
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Arabic for “flight”

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Hegira

57
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What were Mohammed and his followers (Muslims) forced to do?

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Flee Mecca

58
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Who did Mohammed and his followers conquer

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Medina and most of the Middle East

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Arabic for “Holy War”

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Jihad

60
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Mohammed’s successors; ruling religious leader

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Caliphs

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Islam’s holy book; contains promises of pleasure for Muslims and death for infidels

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Koran

62
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Religious requirements of Islam

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Daily prayer
Giving to the poor
Fasting during Ramadan
1 lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca

63
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pioneer missionary to the Middle East

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Henry Martyn

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first modern missionary to the Muslims

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Ion Kieth-Falconer

65
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established the Arabian mission

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Samuel Zwemer

66
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Why is the Middle East an area of importance

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its oil reserves

10th grade history (24 decks)

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