Geography
Asia Minor is the Asian peninsula that borders 3 seas. The Greek word for Asia Minor is Anatolia. Which present day country occupies this region?
What is a Turkey?
a religious temple in ancient Summeria built to please the gods
What is a ziggurat?
first King of Persia
Who is Cyrus the Great?
Father of the Hebrew religion, moved the people out of Mesopotamia and into Canaan
Who is Abraham?
the Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
Today the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have combined and is the Tigris-Euphrates River. These rivers empty out into a delta that opens into what body of water, which is called Shatt-al Arab.
What is the Persian Gulf?
the first set of written laws
What is Code of Hammurabi?
located in this modern Country
What is Iran?
Nebuchadnezzar enslaved Hebrews in 587 BC and destroyed the Temple of Solomon. This is known as
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
was used to decipher ancient Egyptian writing and language
What is the Rosetta Stone?
Spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another through travel, war, and trade.
What is cultural diffusion?
Persian thinker who promoted the belief in monotheism
Who is Zoroaster?
The Persian Empire was connected by what road system?
What is the Royal Road?
Moses led the Hebrew people out of Egypt during the event called the
What is the Exodus?
a major architectural achievement of the Old Kingdom (also resulted in economic difficulties)
What are the Great Pyramids of Giza?
ancient capital of the Hebrews
What is Jerusalem?
the world's first civilization
What is Sumer?
A satrap in the Persia empire is known today as
What is a governor?
Over 2,000 years ago, many Jews left their homeland. This scattering of Jews became known as —
What is the diaspora?
the government official who supervised tax collection, irrigation, and other government matters
What is the vizier?
A government that is lead by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
a Sumerian writing system that others built upon
What is cuneiform?
two opposing forces do Zoroastrians believe exist in the universe
What is good and evil?
first king of the Israelites
Who is Saul?
in ancient Egypt, most people belonged to this social class
What is the peasant class?