The Fertile crescent
What does Mesopotamia translate to?
The land between two rivers.
What was the name of the temple that the Mesopotamians worshiped at?
Ziggurat.
Who was the most famous Babylonian king, he also developed a set of written laws.
Hammurabi
Who was Abraham?
Considered to be the first Jew, founder of Judaism.
Which two rivers did the land of Mesopotamia lay in between?
The tigris and euphrates
What does Polytheism mean?
Why was the code of Hammurabi important?
Was the first set of written laws, gives structure to the babylonian civilization.
What is Monotheism?
The worship of one God.
Why were irrigation systems important to the people of Mesopotamia?
The helped people control when and how much they watered their crops.
What was the job of a scribe? What was the type of writing that the scribes called?
A professional writer, cuneiform.
What advancement did the babylonians make in mathematics?
They determined that place value refers to the position of numerals. Ie: 5, 55, and 555 all have different values.
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Sinai Desert to freedom?
Moses
What is a surplus?
When you have more than enough of something.
What language did the Sumerians speak?
Sumerian
What was one brilliant, but brutal military tactic that Hammurabi used in his conquests?
He dammed up a river to flood the city.
What did the Phoenicians invent that we still use today?
The modern alphabet, they invented 22 symbols. The first developed consonants, then later added vowels.
Define what a city state is, list one city state we learned about.
A city state is a city that has its own set of government and traditions.
Who was the legendary hero of the Mesopotamian people?
Gilgamesh
How was the Assyrian culture different from the Babylonian culture?
The assyrians placed a higher value on war and conquest.
What is the Main difference between the Code of Hammurabi, and the Ten Commandments?
The Code of Hammurabi is a strict set of laws and consequences, the Ten Commandments are guidlines for how to live a good life.