The Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi
Hebrews
Mesopotamia
Phoenicians and Lydians
100
Mesopotamia
What is the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
To pay for the army and construction projects.
Why did Hammurabi need tax money?
100
Monotheism
What is the worship of one god?
100
Walls
What were most city-states surrounded by?
100
The Lydians
Who developed the first coins?
200
An irrigation system
What is how the Mesopotamians brought water from the rivers to the crops?
200
He sent officials throughout the empire
How did Hammurabi collect tax money?
200
Polytheism
What is the worship of many gods?
200
Scribe
What was a professional writer in Mesopotamia called?
200
The Phoenicians
Who was known as sea traders?
300
Mudbricks
What is the building materials for early buildings?
300
Babylonia
What is the name of Hammurabi's kingdom?
300
The Ten Commandments
What did God give Moses?
300
Cuneiform
What replaced picture writing?
300
Carthage
What is the most important Phoenician trading center?
400
Surplus food
What allowed early civilizations to develop social divisions?
400
To protect the people
What was the purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?
400
The torah
What is the Hebrew bible?
400
A large territory consisting of many different places, under the control of one ruler.
What is an empire?
400
coins
What did the Lydians invent that we use today?
500
About 3500 BC
What is when did one of the first civilizations develop in the Middle East?
500
By forming partnerships with other kings
How did Hammurabi increase his power in Mesopotamia?
500
A synagogue
What is a Jewish house of worship?
500
A ruling family
What is a dynasty?
500
Trade
What did the Phoenicians value more than building empires?
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