World History: Mesopotamia, Egypt and Judaism

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  1. 3. A reed taken from the Nile and used for paper
  2. 4. This neo-Babylonian king build the Hanging Gardens for his wife
  3. 7. The belief in many gods
  4. 8. The first man to create an empire in the area of Mesopotamia
  5. 9. Egyptian title for king
  6. 14. The father of the religion of Judaism
  7. 15. Literally means "land between rivers"
  8. 16. Egyptian picture writing
  9. 18. The ancient Persian religion was based on the teachings of this man
  10. 20. The first king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt
  11. 21. One of the major contributions of many early civilizations. Without this, planting and harvesting were guess work.
  12. 22. Before written records
  13. 26. This was the most tolerant of all ancient empires
  14. 27. He led the Exodus out of Egypt.
  15. 28. Wedge-shaped writing from Sumer
  16. 30. A family of rulers
  17. 34. the earliest civilization of Mesopotamia
  18. 35. System were the political and religious leader is the same person
  19. 38. This is considered the most significant "gift" of the Nile.
  20. 39. The most significant contribution of the Phoenicians
  21. 40. The belief in only one god
  22. 42. The process of embalming developed by the Egyptians
  23. 43. The discovery of this allowed people to understand hieroglyphics (two words)
  24. 44. A system of government ruled by a King/Queen
  25. 45. This group of people developed the first alphabet
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  1. 1. One of the rivers of Mesopotamia
  2. 2. The day of rest
  3. 5. The river civilization of the Nile River
  4. 6. Temple pyramid built by the people of Sumer
  5. 7. Built by the Egyptians for housing their dead pharoahs
  6. 10. One of the rivers of Mesopotamia
  7. 11. One of the greatest cities of Mesopotamia, ruled by Hammurabi
  8. 12. The most brutal and fears of all ancient empires
  9. 13. King of the Israelites who also killed Goliath
  10. 17. A promise (think about God and Abraham)
  11. 19. These people were slaves to the Egyptians for 400 years
  12. 23. A group of city-states all under the control of one person
  13. 24. His tomb was the only found virtually untouched from ancient times
  14. 25. The sun god of the Egyptians
  15. 29. This territory is where the earliest of the empires were formed(two words)
  16. 31. the first five books of the Old Testament
  17. 32. The wisest of the kings of the Israelites
  18. 33. This is the world's oldest monotheistic religions
  19. 36. This empire is known for their iron weapons
  20. 37. His law code was based on "an eye for an eye"
  21. 41. The Nile River flows in this direction