Life in the Middle East
Most bible events take place in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is often called the what?
Crossroads of the Ancient World.
Phoenicia is located next to what sea?
Mediterranean Sea
Hittites were know as what?
Empire Builders
Lydia is located near what sea?
Aegean Sea
Israel is located between what two bodies of water?
The Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River
What are Bedouins
Arabs who lived in tents and traveled from place to place with their animals
What natural resources did they have access to and how did that resource help them.
Trees and Harbors
Trees were used to build ships
Harbors were used to trade goods
Where did the first proof of the Hittites come from?
What three resources can you find in the land of Lydia
Gold & other minerals
Because Israel was the center of the ancient world and located between Mesopotamia and Egypt what would often happen?
It was invaded by armies as the two larger cities went to war with one another.
A Bedouin tent is made of what?
Goat hair
What three items did the Phoenicians trade?
Murex for it's purple dye
Blown glass from the white sands on their beaches
Papyrus used for making paper
What is an empire
a group of countries or kingdoms that are under the rule or control of a more powerful ruler
Caravans traveling between Mesopotamia and Greece made Lydia a great what?
Trading Center
The saltiest sea in the world is what sea?
The Dead Sea
Bedouins participated in these trades for work
Shepherds
Husbandmen (Farmers)
The most important trading post city was?
Cathage
Hittites were such fierce warriors that people would do this when they were invaded by them.
immediately surrender
Name the three stages that the Lydians went through as they moved from bartering to money
Step 1 Paying in gold, silver, or bronze bars
Step 2 Stamping the bars
Step 3 1st coin stamped on both sides
What leader lead the Israelites into Israel?
Joshua
Name three pieces of furniture in a Bedouin home.
bed rolls, pots, goatskin bags for water, stones for grinding grain, leather table blanket, a oven hole, oil lamps
The Phoenicians created the first what?
Alphabet
What was the Hittites' religion
They adopted the religion and gods of the people they conquered.
Lydia was conquered by what empire
Persian Empire
There were three other names for Israel. Name all three.
Promised Land
Canaan
Holy Land