The Fertile Crescent
This and That
Religion
Ancient Cities
Hebrews
100
This is where groups of people who have complex and an organized society?
What is a civilization
100
This helps to determine when and how much you would water your crops?
What is Irrigation
100
The belief in one god is known as?
What is monotheism
100
in 1792 he became king of Babylon?
Who is Hammurabi
100
He was a sheperd who lived in Ur. He was also the first Jew?
Who was Abraham
200
This is an are of flat land?
What is a plain
200
Another word for crafts people is?
What are artisans
200
The belief in many gods is known as?
What is polytheism
200
Hammurabi's empire was known as this? Careful - this must be said correctly.
What is Babylonia
200
God spoke to Abraham and promised him this land?
What is Canaan
300
This means land between two rivers?
What is Mesopotamia
300
a _____________ consisted of a series of stacked rectangular platforms that formed a huge pyramid?
What is a ziggurat
300
Another word for a professional writer is a ?
What is a scribe
300
Laws set up that called for "an eye for an eye or tooth for a tooth" was found in this code book?
What is the Code of Hummurabi
300
This was the agreement God made with Abraham
What is the covenant
400
Two rivers in what is now ancient Iraq are?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
400
Early on Mesopotamia consisted of two city states named?
What are Sumer and Akkad
400
A form of wedge formed writing is known as ?
What is cuneiform
400
This King ordered massive building projects in Babylon and took over the former Asyrian Empire in about 605 BC?
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II.
400
What is the 1st Commandment?
What is "I am the Lord Your God".
500
An area of high flat land is called a ?
What is a plateau
500
This city was a large sumerian city-state that may have been populated by 50,000 people in 2800 BC?
What is Uruk
500
This king is also known as a mythical character of Mesopotamia?
Who was Gilgamesh
500
Assyrian culture was greatly influenced by Babylonian culture but they put a higher value on war and _______, or defeat of another group?
What is Conquest
500
According to the Torah and important victory was inspired by this woman
Who is Deborah
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