Fearless Sailors
Their navigation of this body water allowed for contact with much of the known world at the time
Who were the Phoenicians?
The Israelites were a group of people started by this Sumerian man
Who is Abraham?
The first civilization to ever exist is called
What is Sumer?
Many other peoples, civilizations and empires relied on this type of business with these people in order to get goods from distant places
What is trade
The Israelites are best known for being the first people to switch from this religious belief system to this one
What is polytheism and monotheism?
The first civilization to exist was located in
What is Mesopotamia?
These seafaring people simplified cuneiform by creating this
What is an alphabet?
Their religion, which is called this, is based on ethics and ideas of right or wrong and influenced the creation of both Christianity and Islam
What is Judaism?
The first civilization created this type of religious belief system
What is Polytheism?
Although they depended on travel, their home was located in this modern day country
What is Israel?
Originally written in stone, some believe these are laws given by god. Like Hammurabi's Code, they have influenced our legal and justice system.
What are the Ten Commandments?
The first civilization began this many years ago
What is 5500?
These sailing people were in contact with people on these three continents
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
Today, the descendants of the Israelites live throughout the world but have a country called
What is Israel?
A sheep herder who would lead a small group of people out of Mesopotamia to a place called Canaan (modern Israel) began his journey in this ancient Sumerian city
What is Ur?
An earlier form of this was made possible by understanding sea currents, wind patterns and the stars
What is Navigation
The Ten Commandments are laws that tell Jews how to interact with their god and
Who are other people (or each other)?
This king of Babylonia created the first written laws that share his name and is called
What is Hammurabi's Code?