Mesopotamian Vocab
Another name for craftspeople
Artisan
Word that means worshipped more than one God
Polytheistic
Assyrian king during height of Assyrian Empire
Ashurbanipal
Monotheism
The word Mesopotamia means this
between the rivers
Group of people who have a complex and organized society
Civilization
Type of writing that they created
Cuneiform
Location of the library containing Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian writings
Babylon
King David united the Hebrew tribes into this civilization
Israel
The 2 rivers in Mesopotamia are
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Impressive temple structures that linked Heaven and Earth
Ziggurats
Advanced their civilizations by developing this
writing, religion, technology
Who ruled the kingdom of Babylon and created a code of laws
Hammurabi
Before Moses delivered the Hebrews, they were enslaved by which civilization
Egyptians
Lydians gave this contribution that is still used today
coins
People who are born later into the same family
Descendants
Akkadians
Rule under Nebuchadnezzar II was
great and glorious
Phoenicians were masters of this
sailors
The alphabet came from what civilization
Phoenicians
Belief that kings were chosen by the Gods
Divine kingship
Legendary Epic about a Sumerian King found written in cuneiform
Epic of Gilgamesh
Main difference between Assyrians and Babylonians
Assyrians placed a higher value on war and conquest
What happened to Israel after King Solomon died?
Israel split into 2 kingdoms, Judah and Israel
First 5 books of the bible are called this
Torah