A legendary king with an epic written about him
Who was Gilgamesh?
Mesopotamia's form of government ruled by a king.
What is a monarchy/theocracy?
Solomon's temple was built for this reason
To house the Torah and to serve as a place of worship
The world's first empire.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
The first Jewish person
Who was Abraham?
Credited with inventing the coin
Lydians
This Akkadian ruler created the world's first empire
The people of Mesopotamia became very good at what?
Farming
Skilled sailors and traders
Phoenicians
The king that restored Babylon to its prior glory
Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?
A city that is its own individual unit, with its own form of government and traditions
What is a city state?
Methods used to water crops such as trenches and ditches
What is irrigation?
The most important Phoenician trading post
Carthage
This king created a code of 282 laws
Who was Hammurabi?
The name for the Jewish Bible
What is the Torah?
Large territory under one ruler consisting of many different places.
What is an empire?
One of most important contribution from the Phoenicians
development of the modern alphabet