Vocabulary 1
The first written law.
Code of Hammurabi
The first five books of Jewish Scripture/Bible.
Torah
Sumerians built dikes to____________.
hold back flooding waters.
The Hebrews believed their Promised Land was _______________.
Canaan
What was the name of the Babylonian King who ruled in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
A large area of good farmland in the Middle East.
The Fertile Crescent
A binding agreement.
Covenant
Sumerians built ziggurats as special places for_______________.
gods
________ was the Hebrew leader who led his people out of Egypt.
Moses
What was the name of the first Akkadian leader?
Sargon
A structure built to prevent flooding.
Dikes
The Hebrew laws given to Moses.
The 10 Commandments
What are the names of the two rivers that Sumer is in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the name of the first leader of the Hebrews?
Abraham
Mesopotamia is located in what geographical region?
(Hint: It's one of your vocabulary words.)
Fertile Crescent
Cities that rule themselves and the land around them.
City-states
The Hebrew religion with a belief in one god.
Judaism
The Kingdom of Sumer was located in what region/land?
Mesopotamia
Israel split in two and became what 2 nations?
Israel and Judah
Name ANY people group from Mesopotamia.
Sumerians
Babylonians
Phonecians
Hittites
Hebrews
Assyrian
The world's first system of writing.
Cuneiform
touching or meeting.
Contact
What writing system did the Sumerians use and invent?
Cuneiform
Which Hebrew leader built Israel’s Holy Temple?
Solomon
What was the name of the people who conquered both Egypt and Israel? (The ruled all of the land in the Fertile Crescent and Egypt).
The Assyrians