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1. The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

2. Made farming in ancient Mesopotamia possible

3. Independent city-state in Sumeria

4. Collection of laws devised in ancient Babylon

5. Sumerian writing system

6. The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples and territories

7. The Mesopotamian religion, which identified nearly three thousand gods and goddesses, can be described as

8. Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader

9. The Sumerians invented all of the following technology

10. The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is

11. A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family

12. Egyptian monarch’s title, originally meaning “great house”

13. Complex system of writing meaning “sacred writings” that is made up of pictures and forms

14. Boy-pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the New Kingdom

15. Pharaoh who introduced the worship of a single god, Aton, god of the sun disk

16. Egyptian history is divided into three major periods, known as the

17. The development of Egyptian civilization was influenced most closely by

18. The Egyptians developed an accurate 365-day calendar by basing their year

19. Osiris is an important figure in Egyptian religion who symbolizes

20. Upper and Lower Egypt were united into a single kingdom around 3100 B.C. by

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21. Migrating groups who domesticated animals for food and clothing

22. traders who lived in a narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean coast

23. religious teachers whose words became a source of ideals for social justice

24. belief in one god

25. ruler who built the temple in Jerusalem

26. Small kingdoms and city-states in western Asia emerged

27. The people known as Israelites were

28. The Hittite Empire was destroyed by

29. According to Jewish beliefs, there is only one God called

30. The Jews believed that God made a contract with them called a(n)

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31. Persian province.

32. Persian route from Lydia to Susa

33. governor of Persian province

34. Persian religion

35. king who extended the Persian Empire to India

36. The king of the Chaldeans who rebuilt Babylon was

37. The Immortals were professional cavalry and infantry forces

38. Zoroaster taught all of the following EXCEPT

39. The Persian Empire was eventually weakened by

40. Cyrus was called “the Great” because he