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The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was to bring water to a place
What is irrigation
Name at least 2 Inventions / Achievements of the Ancient Mesopotamians
• Sailboats
• Plow
• Wheel
• Irrigation
• number systems based on 60
• Metal
• Cueniform
• Epic of Gilgamesh
When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?
What is Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.
What led to the conquest of Sumer?
What was the fighting among city states
Why was the area between the Tigris and Euphrates river a good place for a civilization to begin?
• annual flooding left behind fertile soil
* Close to water routes (for trade)
**this is an open response question on the test...
a region with good conditions for growing crops between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
What is the fertile crescent
Mesopotamian writing
What was Cuneiform
The Hebrew Bible is divided into ___________ sections. The first five books are called the _____________________.
What is three and Torah
term for beliefs about what is right and what is wrong
What are ethics
Who were part of the upper class in Sumer?
Who were officials and priests
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheistic Mean?
Believed in Multiple Gods
What is the term for soldiers fighting on horseback
What is Calvary
The Israelites traveled through the desert for __________ years.
What is 40 years
A term for good or service sold sent and sold outside of a country
What are exports
A term for separation from one's homeland
What is diaspora
Which of the following statements correctly describe the Great Royal Road? Name TWO.
What was It allowed the Persians to communicate faster with a postal system and it allowed the swift movement of troops, allowing the empire to respond quickly.
Which of the following correctly describe the Epic of Gilgamesh? Choose TWO.
What is It is a myth, telling the story of a legendary hero named Gilgamesh and it was written in Cuneiform
What does the Jewish holiday of Passover celebrate? Name TWO.
What is Cyrus the Great allowing the Jews to return to Judah and God freeing the Jews from slavery in Egypt
Term for good or service brought in to a country
What are imports
The location of the Phoenecian empire caused them to be successful in many things. Name THREE that are correct.
What was sailing, trading and navigating
What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire?
What was Babylon
What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi's code follow?
What was offense, punishment
What was the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt called
What is the Exodus
What is a term for professional soldiers
What is standing army