Problems of Ancient History | Geography | Creation stories | Egyptian History | Mesopotamian History |
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What is the Nile?
I flow south to north; sustain all live in Egypt
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What is the Enuma Elish?
The Babylonian creation story
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Who is Ra?
The sun god
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What is a civilisation?
This is Babylon
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Who were priests?
A select group of people in the ancient world who could write
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What is Egypt?
I am the land to the south and west of Jerusalem
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What is the Egyptian creation story?
Man created from tears
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What are the old, middle, and new kingdoms?
The three kingdoms
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What is Hammurabi's code?
The first written account of laws written in cuneiform
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What is secular and sacred?
All writings are a mix of these two opposite religious views
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What is Ur?
The southernmost city Mesopotamia, belonged to Babylon
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Who is Apophis?
Ra's daily enemy
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Who is Manetho?
Famous Egyptian historian and priest
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What are the Mesopotamian chronicles?
The Sumerian and Assyrian king lists are a part of this compilation of ancient documents
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What are sources?
There were not many of these in ancient history
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What is the Caspian Sea?
The sea to the north of Persia
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Who is Kingu?
Tiamat's second husband
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Who is Kufu?
Built the Great Pyramid at Giza
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What is Eridu?
The kingship began in this city
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What is the Dead Sea?
The body of water to the west of Moab
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What is a flaming sword?
I protect the Garden of Eden. I have this weapon
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What is a shaduf?
The main method of irrigation used by Egyptian farmers
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