Egypt
What do we call the rulers of ancient Egypt?
Pharaohs
What was the first civilization in the Fertile Crescent?
Sumer
In the ancient world most civilizations were ruled by a a king that had inherited his power from his parent. What do we call a person that controls the power to govern and inherits their power
Monarch
Jews are also known as Hebrews. What language do they speak?
Hebrew
These people were highly trained and were the official writers for the courts and royal family
scribes
Which Biblical leader freed the Jews from slavery in Egypt?
Moses
A Sumerian story about a demigod king was called
The Epic of Gilgemesh
A ____________ is an open air market where goods are bought and sold.
Bazaar
Which Biblical leader made a promise with God to worship only one God?
Abraham
The first form of writing was done on clay or soft stone tablets. It was a system of lines and triangular wedges called
cuneiform
Moses was kicked out of Egypt by his brother when it was discovered he was Jewish and not Egyptian. What do we call it when you are kicked out of your country
exile
Which Babylonian King created a system of written laws for everyone to follow
Hammurabi
Most people of the ancient world civilizations were (job)
peasant farmers
A teacher of Jewish religion is known as a ______
Rabbi
An ________________ is a civilization that controls the land, people, trade and resources of other lands or civilizations
Empire
A list of moral and ethical laws that was given to Moses by God is called
Ten Commandments
Babylonians and Sumerians built these to bring water from the rivers into their fields and cities
Irrigation Canals
Who was seen as a higher class in the ancient world and even today?
Skilled or Unskilled workers
Skilled "aka" artisans
What city did King David name as the Capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Most people of the ancient world had many gods to help explain the world around them. People that believe in many gods are ________________
polytheistic
Israel
What makes Hammurabi's code a form of "Justice"
It's written down
Many of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia worshipped gods in large step pyramids called
Ziggurats
What caused the Jews to leave Canann around 1800BC and move to Egypt?
Famine
For the most part, currency didn't exist until much after civilizations had been established. Without currency, people used a __________________ system to trade goods from person to person
Barter