Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is between these two rivers.
What are The Tigris River and The Euphrates Rivers?
The Persian Empire was located in this region.
What is Mesopotamia?
This term means: The belief in one god.
What is Monotheism?
The Phoenicians specialized in this instead of farming.
What is Trade?
This is where the Fertile Crescent is found.
What is Mesopotamia?
This civilization was credited with being the first to colonize Mesopotamia.
What is Sumeria?
True or False:
The Persian Empire was known for its violent and well-trained military.
False
This term means: The belief in more than one god.
What is Polytheism?
The Phoenicians used this animal to create purple dye.
What are snails?
Multiple Choice:
Which of the following empires was most known for their aggressiveness and military?
A) The Persian Empire
B) The Babylonian Empire
C) The Assyrian Empire
D) The Roman Empire
C) The Assyrian Empire
This is the meaning of Mesopotamia.
What is the land between the rivers?
This Jew became the Queen of Persia in the Bible.
Who is Esther?
This is believed to be the first language ever founded.
What is Cuneform?
How did the Phoenicians' creation of the phonetic alphabet differ from the Egyptians' hieroglyphics?
The Phonetic alphabet was the first language of its time to use symbols instead of images.
An independent city that governs itself and its surrounding territory, a common political structure in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a City-State?
These monumental structures serve as temples for Mesopotamia.
What are Ziggurats?
This body of water was used to trade by the Persians.
What is The Persian Gulf?
This term refers to the fact that nobody is above the law.
What is Rule of Law?
The Phoenicians used this body of water to trade goods and ideas.
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
Hammurabi's Code abides by this rule, and is based off of it.
(Hint: This law is addressed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.)
What is An Eye for an Eye?
Floods from Mesopotamia's surrounding rivers left behind this kind of fertile soil.
What is Silt?
This is the most well-known ruler of Persia, and is also credited with its creation.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
These complex water systems ran throughout empires.
What are Irrigation Systems?
These two land forms prevented the Phoneticians from farming.
What are mountains and seas?
This is the nickname of the Fertile Crescent because it is where some of the first civilizations formed.
What is The Cradle of Civilization?