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Did cuneiform signs stand for single letter sounds, or whole whole syllables?

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Whole syllables.

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What type of writing did the inventors of the alphabet do?

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Not just sacred texts and songs, but letters, contacts, and receipts.

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What type of people were the creators of the alphabet?

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Merchants.

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What people did the inventors of the alphabet live close to?

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The Jewish people.

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In which ports did they live?

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The ports of Tyre and Sidon.

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What are The Phoenicians famous for inventing?

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The alphabet.

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What did wild tribes trade with The Phoenicians?

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Furs, and precious stones in exchange for tools, cooking pots, and colored cloth.

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What were The Phoenicians known for?

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Their craftsmanship.

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What temple did The Phoenicians help construct?

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Solomon’s.

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What was the most popular of the Phoenician goods?

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Dyed cloth, especially the purple.

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What did many of the Phoenicians do on foreign shores?

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Stayed on their trading posts and built towns.

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Where did the Phoenicians travel?

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Africa, Spain, and southern Italy.

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Why were the Phoenicians welcomed everywhere they went?

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The beautiful things they brought.

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How long ago did the Phoenicians invent the alphabet.

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Three thousand years ago.

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How many beats to a line do hexameters have?

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Six.

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What types of verses were chanted by Greek minstrels at feasts?

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Hexameters.

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Who got all the credit for the famous Ancient Greek hexameters?

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Homer.

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What was Schliemann occupation?

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He was a businessman.

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When was Schliemann around?

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More than two hundred years ago.

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What parts of Homers tales were true?

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The drinking cups, weapons, buildings, ships, the princes who were at the same time shepherds, and the heroes who were also sea raiders.

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What was Schliemann famous for?

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Dedicating his life’s work to unveiling the actual physical remains of the cities of Homer’s epic tales.

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What did Schliemann find at Mycenae?

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Palaces, and the tombs of kings, armor, and shields.

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What ancient city did Schliemann find?

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Troy.

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What happened to Troy?

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It was destroyed by fire.

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What was odd about all the tombs and palaces in Troy?

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There wasn’t one inscription on them.

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What was found at Mycenae that helped them put a date on the artifacts they found?

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A ring.

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What language was the inscription on the ring in?

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Hieroglyphs.

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What time can the ring be dated back to?

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1400 BC

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What was on the ring?

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The name of an Egyptian King who had been the predecessor of Akhenaton.

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How would one describe Ancient Greece?

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Not so much as a kingdom, but as a collection of small fortified cities, each with its own palace and king.

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Did sea raiding fall to the peasants or nobility in Ancient Greece?

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The nobility.

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What were the majority of Ancient Greek citizens?

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Shepherds and peasants.

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Why did history begin to progress much faster around the time of Ancient Greece?

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Unlike the Egyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians the Ancient Greek noblemen weren’t interested in preserving the ways of their ancestors.

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what were some of the things Schliemann found in his excavations of Greek cities?

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Fine vessels, daggers decorated with hunting scenes, golden shields and helmets, jewelry, and even the colorful paintings on the walls of the halls.

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Where were the beautiful things Schliemann found from?

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Crete.

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What had the Cretans built around the time of King Hammurabi?

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Splendid royal palaces, with innumerable rooms, staircases running up and down in all directions, great pillars, courtyards, corridors, and cellars.

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Why is Crete famous for labyrinths?

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There was a myth about an evil Minotaur who lived in a labyrinth in Crete and ancient Greeks were made to send him human sacrifices every year.

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What monster is half man half bull?

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The Minotaur.

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How many human sacrifices did the ancient Greeks have to send to Crete each year?

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Fourteen. seven boys, and seven girls.

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What mattered most to Cretan artists?

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Catching animals or people in rapid motion.

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Veritable?

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Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor.

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Tyre?

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In modern day Lebanon one of the oldest cities in the world dating back 4,000 years.

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Sidon?

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The third largest city in Lebanon.

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Artisans?

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a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

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Mycenae?

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archaeological site in Greece.

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Schliemann?

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A pioneer in the field of archaeology (1822-1890)

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chieftain?

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The leader of a people or clan.

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Sioux?

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A tribe of Native American people with seven sub tribes.

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mohicans

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Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe of what is now the upper Hudson River valley

World History 2 (4 decks)

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