Land Between Two Rivers
A professional writer is known as a ____________.
scribe
A market for selling different kinds of goods in the fertile crescent was known as a ____________.
bazaar
What material was used to make tablets for scribes to write on?
Clay
The Phoenicians gained wealth by trading and selling purple dye that they harvested from ____________.
snails
What was the first monotheistic religion?
Judaism
A belief in many gods is called _____________
polytheism
A group of travelers journeying together is known as a _____________.
caravan
Who recorded sales and trades, tax payments, gifts for the gods, marriages, and deaths?
Scribes
A set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language are known as a/an _________________.
alphabet
A binding agreement between God and the Israelites was known as a ______________
covenant
Why was the soil in the Fertile Crescent so rich?
The rivers flooded it.
An area of many territories and peoples that is controlled by one government is called a/an _____________.
empire
An organized list of laws and rules is known as a ______________.
code
The belief in one god is known as ___________.
monotheism
The scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs is known as _______________.
diaspora
Which two rivers is Mesopotamia located between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the religion created by the Persians called?
Zoroastrianism
Groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent is called _________________.
cuneiform
To force someone to live in another country means that you ____________ them.
exile
What people considered themselves "God's chosen people"?
The Israelites
Which continent is Mesopotamia or "The Fertile Crescent" located?
Asia
What made Babylonia a crossroads of trade?
It's central location
______________ contained 282 laws organized in different categories like trade, labor, property, and family.
Hammurabi's Code
Who was the Israelite leader that led the enslaved Israelites out of Egypt and into the desert where he received the ten commandments?
Moses
What did God's covenant with Abraham require of the Israelites?
That they obey God faithfully.