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What are ziggurats?
Pyramid shaped structures built by the Sumerians.
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What is cuneiform?
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians.
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Why did the Hittites wash and dress their gods and goddess?
The Hittites had temples with statues of their gods and goddess. They honored their gods and goddesses each day by performing a special ceremony.
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What is Carthage?
This city on the northern coast of Africa was created by the Phoenicians as a colony.
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What is carving big heads into rock walls and cliffs over springs?
The Hittites developed their own style of art.
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What are mice?
The Babylonians enjoyed eating this food.
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What is heart?
In the Hittite language kard means ____.
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What is stony ground, wild life and birth?
The Sumerian earth goddess and the great mother goddess was called "The exalted lady" was goddess of ____, ____ and ____.
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What was cedar?
Phoenicia had a few resources. But they had one very important resource.
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Who were the Phoenicians?
This culture made decorated metal bowls.
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Who were the Hittites?
This civilization had straight black hair and lighter skin.They wore colorful clothing of linen and wool.
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What is three?
In the Hittite language tri means____.
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What is being ferried across a river by a boat man on their way to the other world?
The Sumerians believed, as did many others, that the dead would be ____.
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What are shell fish?
Phoenicians made purple dye from this animal.
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What does Assyrian art show?
We know Assyrians showed little mercy to the people they conquered.
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How did the city-states gain more farmland?
City-states in Sumer fought each other for a purpose.
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What is foot?
In the Hittite language pata means ____.
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Who was Artemis?
The Artemisium in modern day turkey was built to honor this goddess of wilderness and the hunt.
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What are Egypt, Greece, Italy, Sicily, and Spain?
Fleets of fast Phoenician trading ships sailed to ports all around the Mediterranean Sea. Traders traveled to ____, ____, _____, _____, and _____.
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What are lapis lazuli, carnelian, and topaz?
Sumerian jewelry was made out of silver and gold and contained semi-precious stones such as _____, _____, and ______.
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What is Kish?
By 3500 b.c. one city-state became quite powerful.
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What is cloak?
In the Hittite language seknu means ____.
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Who was An?
Sumerian god of heaven was ____.
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What are silverwork, ivory carving, and slaves?
Phoenicians traded many items including _____, ______, and _____.
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What is copper work?
The excavation of royal tombs at Ur has uncovered detailed ______.
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