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They built the first seagoing shipsEgyptians
They founded the science of astronomyBabylonians or Chaldeans
They destroyed the Kingdom of IsraelAssyrians
First civilization in MesopotamiaSumerian
First to adopt monotheismHebrews
First to use stonemasonryEgyptians
First to develop and use purple clothPhoencians
First to develop an alphabetEgyptians
First to use ironworkingHittes
First to use coined moneyLydians
Amorite King who codified law 1760 BCHammurabi
Founder of the Achamenid Persian EmpireCyrus the Great
Greatest of the Chaldean Kings of BabylonNebuchadnezzar II
He established Jerusalem as the capital of IsraelDavid
First king of Ancient IsraelSaul
Kingdom associated with Arsacid DynastyParthian Kingdom
Empire established in 227 AD by ardashir ISassanian Empire
First person to unify Sumeria and AkkadSargon I
Term that refers to a Sumerian temple towerZiggurat
Kingdom whose principle god was AssurAssyria
Made the first map of the EarthAnaximander
Regaurded as the founder of mechanics and hydrostaticsArchimedes
his writings include Metaphysics, Physics, and OrganoAristotle
Most famous prominent of the school of cynicismDiogenes
He is often regaurded as the "fater of history"Herodotus
He wrote twenty-four DialoguesPlato
Most famous of the Greek SophistsProtagoras
Founder of StocismZeno
Establihed the Ionian school of philosophyThales of Miletus
He wrote a History of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides



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