This is an are of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government.
An Empire
100
He ruled Babylonia from 1792 to 1750 B.C.
Hamurabi
100
Writing first developed in Mesopotamia. Writing met this need of the Sumerians.
They had to keep records.
100
Mesopotamia was located between two rivers. The __________ and the ___________.
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
200
They were a small band of people first settled around the Jordan River valley, who first called Hebrews.
Israelites
200
The name of this place comes from the Greek meaning "between rivers".
Mesopotamia
200
He established Jerusalem as the capital of the Israelites.
King David
200
How did Judaism differ from other religions?
It was monotheistic. It had only one god.
200
The __________ ___________ is a region in Southwest Asia thas the site of the world's first civilizations.
Fertile Crescent
300
They were the first to develop writing.
The Sumerians.
300
These are stories that explain people's beliefs.
Myths
300
According to the Torah, he taught the Israelites the practice of Monotheism, the belief in ONE god.
Abraham
300
The concept of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" comes from what?
The Code of Hamurabi
300
The two most important cities to the Israelites were __________ and __________.
Jerusalem and Judah.
400
Their King, Nebuchadnessar II put up massive walls around their city for protection, built a big palace, and the city became a center of learning and science.
New Babylonian Empire
400
This is an organized list of laws or rules.
A code.
400
Name the three kings of the Israelites in order from first to last.
Saul, David and Solomon.
400
Name two features of the Phoenician Alphabet.
It was made of simple lines.
Each symbol represented one letter of the alphabet.
It only had consonants
400
A _____________ is a time when there is very little food and people starve.
A famine.
500
This empire was created by uniting the cities of Sumer, and lands conquered all the way to Asia Minor.
The Babylonian Empire
500
Writing done with groups of wedges and lines used to write serveral languages in the Fertile Crescent.
Cuneiform.
500
Holy _________!!! He led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses
500
The Israelites moved three times, from where to where?
From Mesopotamia to Canaan.
From Canaan to Egypt.
From Egypt back to Canaan.
500
The Phoenician alphabet was important because it made _________ easier between people who spoke different languages.