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Sargon
polytheism
I am one of the 7 ancient wonders
of the world, built by
Nebuchandnezzar for his wife.
I am the king that made Israel a
powerful Jewish kingdom.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
David
I am the first five books
of the Bible.
I built a great temple in Jerusalem
when I was king.
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Torah
Solomon
I was given to Moses
on Mt. Sinai.
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I am a city that has its
own government.
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10 Commandments
City-state
I am the belief in many gods.
I am what people do at a ziggurat.
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Worship a god or goddess
I am an ancient people who
were experts with
bows, arrows, and chariots.
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Assyrians
I am the first monotheistic religion.
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Moses
Judaism
I am a form of writing using
wedge shapes.
I am the empire that takes credit for
inventing the wheel and the plow.
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cuneiform
Sumer
I am the scattering of Jews
to many parts of the world.
I led my people from the city of Ur
to the land of Canaan,
following God’s instructions.
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Diaspora
Abraham
I am responsible for the
first written set of laws.
I am what God promised Abraham.
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Hammurabi
Land & many descendents
I led the Jews out of Egypt.
I am the natural disaster that caused
the Jews to go to Egypt.
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Famine/drought
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I am the “land between two rivers”.
I controlled the flow of water
into and out of the canals.
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Mesopotamia
gates
I am the rivers found in Mesopotamia.
I am Abraham’s son.
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Tigris and Euphrates
Isaac
I am Abraham’s wife.
I am a large temple found in
the center of a Sumerian city.
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Sarah
ziggurat
I am the job of the person who
wrote down information in Sumer.
I am the ruler who created
the world’s first empire.
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