Name for the holy men who told the Hebrews when they were straying from God's covenant.
What is a prophet?
Name for the flight of the Hebrews from Egypt
Exodus
I was the one who led the Hebrew people out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, and according to legend received the ten commandments from God.
Who was Moses?
The first five books of the Old Testament
What is the Torah?
I was the individual who is considered the originator (or first patriarch) of the Jewish faith.
Who is Abraham?
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the wheel?
Civilization that unified Mesopotamia and treated its conquered peoples with greater fairness and humaneness.
What is the Persian Empire?
I am the name of the sea that is closely associated with Israel and the land of Judea.
What is the Dead Sea?
The Hebrew name for God
What is Yahweh?
I was a king of Israel who became oppressive and as a result unpopular leading to a split in the Hebrew people upon my death
Who is King Solomon?
How many laws were in the Hammurabi Code?
What is 282?
Correctly identify the progression of the Mesopotamian civilizations starting with Sumer.
Sumer --> Akkad --> Babylon --> Assyria --> Persia
What body of water is located to the Southeast of Mesopotamia
What is The Persian Gulf?
The name of the place where Moses found (or was given) the Ten Commandments.
What is Mount Sinai?