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Who were the Hittites?
This culture was ruled by a king named Hatusilli the third.
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Who is Ishtar?
Assyrians believed that many gods directed human destiny and controlled the sky, earth, water, storms and fire. The Assyrians also believed in good and evil spirits and in magic. One goddess (The goddess of love) was so famous that a statue of her was once sent from Nineveh to Egypt to help cure their sick king.
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What is the Potter's Wheel?
The Babylonians invented this machine.
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Who were the Phoenicians?
The Egyptians were famous for glassware, but this civilization was best at making it.
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Who were the Chaldeans?
When the Assyrians broke out in war, this civilization moved in.
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How do Assyrians clear their debts?
Some Assyrians owed large debts to the government, and to clear these debts some would sell their wives and children into slavery.
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Who was Hanno?
This god founded five states.
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Who were the Chaldeans?
This civilization created a calendar by tracking the stars and could eventually even predict eclipses.
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What is Cuneiform?
The Assyrians used this writing system, developed by the Sumerians.
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Who were the Phoenicians?
This civilization invented an alphabet to help communicate.
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Who was Nebuchadnezzer?
The Chaldeans were ruled by this famous king who rebuilt the hanging gardens.
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Who is Marduk?
The Chaldean the god of thunder, often called bell or lord.
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What is iron?
The Hittites used this material to make weapons and armor as a substitute to copper.
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What are clay and brick?
The Chaldeans built temples out of many things, but these are the main two materials.
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What are clay shoes?
The Hittites used this strange object as a drinking cup.
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What was Hammurabi's code?
"If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
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Who were the Hittites?
This civilization was known as an enemy to the Israelites and their god.
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Who were the Phoenicians?
This civilization provided the first channel of communication of culture from east to west.
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Who were the Hittites?
This culture made jewelry out of bronze, in the shape of shoes, gods, and animals.
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Who were the Hittites?
This civilization wore shoes with pointed toes.
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Who were the Hittites?
A king called Suppiluli ruled these people.
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Who were the Hittites?
This civilization called itself "The People of One Thousand Gods."
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Who were the Sumerians?
This civilization invented things such as the wheel, clock, and plow. (Double Jeopardy)
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Who were the Phoenicians?
This civilization made masks that were used for things such as ancient drama.
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Who were the Chaldeans?
This civilization is known for witchcraft and trying to read the future.
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