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Complex highly organized social order
Civilization
The belief in or worship of only one god
Monotheism
The earliest and most complete written legal code. Dealt with both criminal and civil matters
Hammurabi’s Code
Capital of the Jewish state of Judea in ancient times and capital of the modern state of Israel; city sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians
Jerusalem
A system in which symbols or pictures represent objects , concepts or sounds; used by the Egyptians
Hieroglyphics
System of ranking groups in society
Hierarchy
The belief in or worship of more than one god
Polytheism
A system of writing that was first developed by the ancient Sumerians
Cuneiform
An ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia; functioned as the main cultural and political centre of Babylonia
Babylon
A plant that grows along the bank of the Nile; used to make a paper-like writing material
Papyrus
Free Space
Free Space
A Sumerian temple that was in the form of a pyramidal tower
Ziggurat
Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
An area of fertile land in the Middle East that looks like a crescent (quarter moon shape)
Fertile Crescent
A city and its surrounding lands that has its own government, and is completely separate from nearby countries
City-state
Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
Delta
The longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.
Euphrates River
Ancient kingdom in northeastern Africa, also called Kush
Nubia
Provided ancient Egypt with fertile soil and water for irrigation, as well as a means of transporting materials for building projects
Nile River
Spreading out of the Jewish people when many Jews left Judah and moved to different parts of the world
Diaspora