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1
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“Anno domini”

A

“In the year of our lord”

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2
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What destructive faith removes God as creator of man

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Evolution

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3
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Medieval history start and end

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fall of rome(A.D 5000) – A.D. 1500

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4
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Institution with the authority and power to control, direct, & rule in the actions & affairs of others

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Government

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5
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God’s supreme power over all nations, rules, & individuals

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Sovereign

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6
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Worship of man; exalting man in place or above God

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Humanism

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7
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First foundational civil ordinance

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Capital Punishment/Death Penalty

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8
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Builder of the world’s first empire

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Nimrod

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9
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Large group of people who think of themselves as one

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Nation

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10
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Where Noah’s family settled after the flood

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Plain of Shinar

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11
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Whose name means division

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Peleg

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12
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Area where the garden of eve was located

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Fertile Crescent

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13
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Two major rivers in fertile crescent

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Tigris and Euphrates

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14
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How many cultures were in fertile crescent

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10

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15
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Greek name for the “land between the rivers”

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Mesopotamia

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16
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First postdiluvian civilization

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Sumer

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17
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Three oldest sumerian settlements

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Eridu, Uruk, Ur

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18
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The greatest contribution of the sumerians

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The Art of Writing

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19
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Name of sumerians writing

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Cuneiform

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20
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Historys second greatest empire builder(he ruled old during akkadian period)

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Sargon of Akkad

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21
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The king during the golden age of Ur

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Ur Nammu

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22
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Way of life for a group of people

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Culture

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23
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The transmitting of knowledge

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Education

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24
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Name of Sumerian school (the tablet house)

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Edubba

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25
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The most important thing in sumerian industry

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Textiles

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26
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The Sumerians greatest architectural achievement

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Ziggurat

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27
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Study of the heavens

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Astronomy

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28
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What did the Sumerians develop for time, and what was it based on?

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Lunar Calendar; based on phases of the moon

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29
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False belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies

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Astrology

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30
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The spreading of cultures

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Cultural Diffusion

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31
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Oldest work of writing outside of the Bible

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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32
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Where was abraham from

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Ur

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33
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Each city had this which represented the cities god

34
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Highest class

35
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Belief in one god

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Monotheism

36
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Worship of many deities

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Polytheism

37
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First empire to rule after Sumer

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Old Babylonian Empire

38
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The ruler who started the Old Babylonian Empire

39
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The Old Babylonians record of the beginning

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Enuma Elish

40
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The greatest achievement of the old babylonian empire

A

Their Law Code

41
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Empire that used iron weapons

42
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The capital of assyria

43
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Built the worlds first great library

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Ashurbanipal

44
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First great ruler of persia

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Cyrus the Great

45
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Allowed the people to return to jerusalem to rebuild their temple

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Cyrus the Great

46
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Captured northern israel

47
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Religion of Persia

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Zoroastrianism

48
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The greatest extent of Persian power

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Under the rule of King Darius I and King Xerxes I

49
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Created the first postal system

50
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Husband of Esther

51
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Xerxes successor

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Artaxerxes

52
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Artaxerxes cupbearer

53
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What was the Persian ruler under

54
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Three names of Israel

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Palestine, Canaan, promised land

55
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What are the founding fathers of Israel called

A

The patriarchs

56
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Led Israel out of Egypt into the Promised Land

57
Q

Solemn agreement between God and Israel

A

The covenant

58
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God’s basic principles of right, wrong, and morality; “The Decalogue”

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10 commandments

59
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A nation ruled by God

60
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2nd King of Israel

61
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Capital of Israel during David’s reign

62
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What did Solomon’s name mean

63
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Whose rule made Israel the most powerful

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Solomon and David

64
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What happened after Solomon died

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Israel separated into Northern and Southern kingdoms (Northern: Israel, Southern: Judah)

65
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Conquered by the Assyrian empire in 721 B.C.

66
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Who was captured by the Babylonian Empire in 586 B.C

67
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Conquered Israel a few years before Jesus’ birth

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The Roman Empire

68
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Ruled over the Middle East

69
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Capital of Byzantine

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Constantinople

70
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Arabic religious leader from Mecca who founded Islam

71
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Who is the Islamic god

72
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Followers of Islam

73
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Mohammed’s successors; ruling religious leader

74
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Islam’s holy book; contains promises of pleasure for Muslims and death for infidels

75
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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

76
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Pioneer missionary to the Middle East

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Henry Martyn

77
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First modern missionary to the Muslims

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Ion Kieth-Falconer

78
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Established the Arabian mission

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Samuel Zwemer

79
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Why is the Middle East an area of importance

A

Oil Reserves

80
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Civilization Characteristics

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Control of food supply
Division of Labor
Written Language
Codified Laws
Organized Civil Government
Arts and Sciences

81
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Characteristics of man

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Language and thought, knowledge of right and wrong, and freedom to choose

82
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Order of empires

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

10th grade history (46 decks)

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