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Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations
A look at the accomplishments and contributions of these people to our Western way of life.
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| A | B |
| Ramses II | Reigned for 67 years in Egypt |
| Osiris | Egyptian god of life, death, and rebirth |
| Hierglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
| Akhenaton | Founded a new controverial religion in Egypt |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian system of writing |
| Gilgamesh | Epic poem about a flood |
| Ziggurat | Sumerian terraced temple |
| Yahweh | Hebrew name for our God |
| Alphabet | Phoenician contribution |
| Religion | Hebrew contribution |
| Iron | Developed by Hittites |
| Wheel | Sumerian contribution |
| Money | Developed by Lydians |
| Astronomy | Chaldean development |
| Hammurabi | Developed a written law code |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| Nile | River of Egypt |
| Tutankhamen | Boy king of Egypt |
| Narmer | United Lower and Upper Egypt |
| Babylon | Ancient Sumerian city |
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