Land Between the Rivers
The two rivers that made Mesopotamia fertile.
The wedge-shaped system of writing developed in Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
This Babylonian ruler created the first written law code.
Who was Hammurabi?
Unlike other religions of the Fertile Crescent, Judaism was this.
The term for the belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
The structures built by Mesopotamians to control flooding and bring water to crops.
What are irrigation systems (like canals and dams)?
The social class that included farmers, artisans, and fishermen.
What is the Middle Class?
This ruler of Akkad created the world's first empire by conquering all of Sumer.
Who was Sargon?
This is a special agreement between God and the Hebrew people.
What is a covenant?
The name of the country we call Mesopotamia today.
What is Iraq?
What is Sumer (or the Sumerians)?
These professional writers were part of the upper class in Sumerian society.
Who were scribes?
Two reasons why the Assyrian army was so strong.
What are they had a large army and they had iron weapons?
A day of rest for study and prayer.
What is the Sabbath?
Babylon grew rich from traveling merchants called this.
What are caravans?
This large body of water is where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into.
What is the Persian Gulf?
The only people that were given education in Sumer (be specific).
What are sons of the rich?
This Chaldean king rebuilt Babylon and made it beautiful, including the construction of the Hanging Gardens.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
The event where God unleashed 10 deadly plagues upon Egypt, causing the pharaoh to let the Hebrews leave.
What was the Exodus (or, the Plagues)?
The city where the world's first library was located.
What is Nineveh?
Bricks in Mesopotamia were made of these two things.
What is mud and crushed reeds?
The oldest known story in the world, comes from Sumer.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
List one invention or idea of the Chaldeans.
What is the sundial, 7 day week, or the study of the stars, moons, and planets?
Why Moses had to leave Egypt early in his life.
He killed a soldier who was beating a slave.
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What is Hammurabi's Code?