Vocabulary
I was a Babylonian King
Who is HAMMURABI?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
I was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
What is Sumer?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
I was the leader of the Hebrews
Who was ABRAHAM?
We were allowed to go to school in Mesopotamia.
Who are upperclass boys?
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
A traditional story that sometimes tells a legend that explains people's beliefs
What is a myth?
The people who conquered the Assyrians in 612 B.C..
Who are the Medes and the Chaldeans?
A brutal civilization that was very war like and would often conquer the civilizations around them.
What is Assyria?
I am the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites settled here.
What is Canaan?
The combined symbols and script that people in Mesopotamia created
What is cuneiform?
Symbols people used for writing to represent sounds
What is an alphabet?
This civilization lived according to Hammurabi's Code.
What are the Babylonians?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
A group of people who travel together
What is a caravan?
This is how Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area
What is using ships to trade goods?
The group who created a new alphabet and traded purple cloth.
What are the Phoenicians?
This civilization was a crossroads of trade because of its central location.
What is Babylon?
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?