Vocabulary
Places
Hebrews Phoenicians and Lydians
People
Amazing Facts
100
An area with common physical features
What is a region?
100
The continent on which The Fertile Crescent is located
What is Asia?
100
set of laws given to Moses by God
What is the Ten Commandments?
100
King of Babylon in 1792B.C. and wrote the code of laws for the Babylonian society.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
a system of writing
What technology was developed by the people of Mesopotamia?
200
an agreement
What is a covenant?
200
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers became known as
What is Mesopotamia?
200
inventors of the first coins
What is Lydians?
200
a professional writer
What is a scribe?
200
plenty of fresh water
What was the reason people settled in southern Mesopotamia?
300
a craftsperson
What is an artisan?
300
new kingdom founded by King David
What is Israel?
300
first five books of the Hebrew bible
What is the Torah?
300
chosen by God to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt
Who is Moses?
300
great and glorious
What was Babylon like during the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II?
400
to exchange goods and services
What is barter?
400
the split kingdom of Israel
What is Israel and Judah?
400
Abrahams people
Who are the Hebrews?
400
founder of Judaism
Who is David?
400
monotheism
What did Abraham agree to practice when he made the covenant with God?
500
people who are born later into the same family
What is a descendant?
500
where God sent Abraham
What is Canaan?
500
the Phoenicians most important trading post
What is Carthage?
500
Conqueror of all city-states in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon?
500
goods and ideas were spread
What effect did the Phoenicians trading have on the world?
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