Question 1

A group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi.

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Babylonians

Question 2

A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age.

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Hittites

Question 3

A maritime people who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks.

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Phoenicians

Question 4

Money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage.

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dowery

Question 5

Large stone formations first appear during the Mesolithic or early Neolithic of Europe.

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megalithic structures

Question 6

To walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner.

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swagger

Question 7

To bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon.

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muster

Question 8

Possible, able to happen; something that can develop or become a reality.

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potential

Question 9

A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials.

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bureaucracy

Question 10

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

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city-state

Question 11

To express sorrow; to grieve.

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lament

Question 12

A succession of rulers from the same family or line.

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dynastic

Question 13

To imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model.

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emulate

Question 14

To take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.

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assimilating

Question 15

In a way that is without proper skill or knowledge.

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incompetently

Question 16

The Babylonian creation myth.

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Enuma Elish

Question 17

Skillful, nimble.

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deft

Question 18

To tell a story or describe a series of events.

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narrate

Question 19

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful.

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repugnant

Question 20

To occupy the complete attention, absorb fully.

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engross

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