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40 Cards in this Set
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Modern day country of the Minoans |
Crete (Greece) |
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Archeologist who excavated Knossos |
Arthur Evans
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Son of Abraham and Sara |
Issac
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Holy book of the Jews |
Torah
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Language that is a mixture of Hebrew, Polish, German |
Yiddish
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Jewish New Year |
Roshhashanah
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Jewish Dietary rules |
Kosher
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3rd Holiest Building in Islam |
Dome of the Rock
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Greatest contributions of the Phoenicians |
Alphabet
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Animal that Minonians leapt over |
Bull
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Birthplace of Abraham |
Ur
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Jew of Northern European origin |
Ashkenazi
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Dispersion of Jews from Judea |
Draspora |
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Last remaining part of the Temple of Solomon |
Western Wall |
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Street meaning 'Way of Sorrows' |
Via Dolorosa
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He flew too close to the Sun and died |
Icarus
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Most powerful Phoenician colony |
Carthage
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Father of the Jewish people |
Abraham
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Name for Jewish Sabbath day |
Shabbat
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Lowest point on Earth |
Dead Sea
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Inventor of the Labyrinth |
Daedalus
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Container built to house the 10 commandments |
Ark of the Covenant
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Person who killed the Minotaur |
Theseus
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Jews of Spanish or North African origin |
Sephardhi
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The Bible takes it's place from this city |
Biblos |
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Territory that consists of West Bank and Gaza |
Palestine
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King who founded Jerusalem |
King David
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Straight that separates Atlantic and Mediterranean sea |
Gibraltar
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Fortress where Jewish Zealots hid from Romans |
Masada
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Jewish coming of age ceremony |
Bar Mitzvah
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Name of the solemn promise b/w G-d and the Jews |
Covenant
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Movement to gain Jews a homeland |
Zionism
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Capital of the Minoans |
Knossos
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Jewish holiday- Liberation from slavery in Egypt |
Passover
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Jewish holiday- Day of Atonement |
Yom Kippur
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snail that produced the purple dye |
Murex
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modern day country of Phoenicians |
Greece
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Jewish neighborhoods in Europe |
Ghettos |
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Christians in Jerusalem |
Church of the holy sepulchre |
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Muslim in Jerusalem |
Dome of the rock |