Geography
These two rivers are found in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
This is the place where Moses was given the Ten Commandments.
Mount Sinai
This country was known as the first great sea traders. Known for magnificent boat building.
Phoenicia
This civilization was known as the first "empire builders"
Hittites
This country is known for the invention of money
Lydia
This rivers runs through the deepest fault (crack) in the Earth
Jordan River
This was the patron god of Babylon.
Marduk
This plant makes a paper like substance.
Papyrus
He was the last king of Lydia. Defeated by the Persians.
King Croesus
This is what it is called when you trade one good for another.
Barter
This is the only "old world" continent not a part of the middle east.
Australia
This goddess was the most popular in Mesopotamia, worshipped for thousands of years.
Ishtar
The Phoenicians greatest contribution to the world was_________________.
The alphabet
This city was one of the biggest and most populous in the world at the time.
Nineveh
This is a alloy of gold and silver that was used to make the first coins.
Electrum
This peninsula is where the tribes of Israel wandered for 40 years.
Sinai Peninsula
This bible story may explain the geological peculiarities of the Dead Sea.
Sodom and Gomorrah
This is the name of the dye made from snails.
Murex
This is the name for the large stone slab engraved with Hammurabi's Codes of Law
Stele
He was the legendary first king of Lydia who had the "golden touch"
Midas
This peninsula is now modern day Turkey
Asia Minor
This king was known for defeating a giant as a youth.
Known for creating the world's first code of laws.
Hammurabi (Babylon)
This culture were known as fearful conquerors, burning down cities and dispersing populations.
Assyrians
Under this king, Israel was at its most successful. *Also built the Temple of Jerusalem
King Solomon