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Mesopotamia
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Rivers where Mesopotamia is wedged between (Name one)
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Tigris | Euphrates
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Area where the first civilizations arose
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Sumer
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Two-letter Sumerian city-state
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Ur
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Body of saltwater where civilizations were clustered
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Persian Gulf
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Belief in multiple gods that Sumerians practiced
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Polytheism
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Sacred temple at the center of a city-state
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Ziggurat
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The first recorded story
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Allegedly the world's first emperor
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Sargon the Great
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The empire that the above ruled over
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Akkadia
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He created the first set of written laws
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Hammurabi
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The empire that the above ruled
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Babylonia
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Empire renowned for cruelty and iron weapons
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Assyria
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Brutal but effective ruler of New Babylonia
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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Magnificent garden constructed by above
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Ziggurat constructed by above
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Tower of Babel
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Seafaring people who sailed in the Atlantic Ocean
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Phoenicians
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Sumerian form of writing
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian writers
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Scribes
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Empire of southwest Iran that conquered Mesopotamia
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Persia
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Their most famous emperor, who learned the importance of tolerance
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Cyrus the Great
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Probably the most famous Mesopotamian invention
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Wheel
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Ancient Egypt
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River that is the center of Egypt
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Nile
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Greek name for ancient Egypt
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Gift of the Nile
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Desert that surrounded Egypt
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Sahara
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The two kingdoms of Egypt before being united (Name one)
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Lower Egypt | Upper Egypt
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King who united Egypt
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Menes
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Title for an Egyptian king
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Pharaoh
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Massive structures built in Giza
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Great Pyramids
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Built the single Great Pyramid
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Khufu
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Ordered construction of a pyramid and the Sphinx
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Khafre
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Organization of social status
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Hierarchy
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Preserved bodies
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Mummies
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Sun god and creator of the universe
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Ra
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Lord of the Underworld
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Osiris
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God of the sky and kingship
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Horus
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Mother of above
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Isis
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God of writing, medicine, math, wisdom, etc.
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Thoth
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God of mummification and the dead
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Anubis
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Where internal organs were stored
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Canopic Jars
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Foreigners who ended the Middle Kingdom
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Hyksos
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Pharaoh who defeated the above
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Ahmose
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Female ruler who expanded trade
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Hatshepsut
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The above's stepson who grew bitter and angry
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Thutmose III
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Possibly the greatest pharaoh of all time
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Ramses II
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Empire who fought against the above for 15 years
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Hittites
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Present-day country where the above was centered
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Turkey
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Capital city built by the "great" pharaoh
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Pi-Ramses
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Location of the "great" pharaoh's famous temples
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Abu Simbel
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Group that routinely invaded and weakened Egypt
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Sea Peoples
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Greek empire that conquered Egypt
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Macedonia
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Famous ruler of the above
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Alexander the Great
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The final pharaoh of Egypt who committed suicide
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Cleopatra VII
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Lover of the above
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Marc Antony
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Egypt became a part of this empire after its fall
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Roman Empire
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Land located south of Egypt
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Nubia
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Kingdom of the above that grew strong and ambitious
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Kush
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Egyptian writing system
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Hieroglyphics
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Unremarkable slab of rock that helped decode the above
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Rosetta Stone
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Paperlike material made from reeds
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Papyrus
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The Egyptians thought it was the most important organ
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Heart
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Monotheism
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Mesopotamian shepherd told by God to take his family to the Promised Land
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Abraham
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Religion the above founded
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Judaism
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The Promised Land
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Canaan
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Religious agreement with God
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Covenant
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Man chosen by God to lead the Jews from Egypt
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Moses
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The Jews' escape from Egypt
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Exodus
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Code of moral laws received on Mount Sinai
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Ten Commandments
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Special way of preparing Jewish food
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Kosher
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Jewish places of worship
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Synagogues
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Holy Book of Judaism
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Torah
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Holy city of Judaism
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Jerusalem
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Carpenter from Judea who founded a major religion
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Jesus Christ
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Major religion founded by the above
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Christianity
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Roman governor of Judea
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Pontus Pilate
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How Jesus died
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Crucifixion
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He spread Christianity widely
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Paul
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He founded the third monotheistic religion ... the one we haven't talked about yet
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Muhammad
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Religion he founded
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Islam
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The home town of the creator of the above
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Mecca
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Where that person made a hijrah to
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Medina
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Sacred structure in Mecca
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Kaa'ba
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Holy book of Islam
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Qur'an
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Two divisions of Islam (Name one)
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Sunni | Shia
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Answer number two: This quiz is not finished. But my mischievous brother submitted it secretly.