Mesopotamia
Phoenicia
Hebrews
Trade and Economy
Geography
100
The writing system used in Mesopotamia.
What is Cuneiform.
100
What purpose were colonies created for in Phoenicia?
What is trading?
100
Belief in one god.
What is monotheism?
100
This item was the most important trade export to the Phoenicians.
What is purple snail dye.
100
Present-day Iraq.
Where was Mesopotamia located?
200
The belief that all things have a spirit or soul within?
What is animism?
200
This color symbolizes royalty?
What is the color purple?
200
Mt. Sinai
Where were the 10 commandments given to Moses?
200
This is a body of non selective government officials.
What are bureaucracies?
200
Dry and warm.
What was the climate in Mesopotamia?
300
These were the world's first three cities in the "dawn" of the fourth mellinnium.
What are Babylon, Ur, and Larsa?
300
This modern-day European city was once a colony of Carthage.
What is Sicily?
300
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
What is the 3rd commandment?
300
Mediterranean sea.
How far did the Phoenicians travel for trading?
300
Water sources, made soil fertile.
What were the Tigris and Euprates?
400
The set of laws that was the first indication of government.
What is Hammurabi's code?
400
What animal was used in the laborious task of making purple dye?
What is a Murex (shellfish)?
400
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbors
What is the 9th commandment?
400
Glass, metalwork, textiles, and wood.
What are the exports of Phoenicia?
400
From these mountains, the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers flow through the fertile crescent.
What are the Armenian mountains?
500
This is how the early people in Mesopotamia made farming successful.
What is irrigation?
500
In this year, Phoenicia was overpowered and became part of the Persian Empire.
What happened in 538 BC?
500
The commandments that are still used today.
What are the 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th commandments?
500
During post-1200 BC, the Phoenician economy suffered a series of disasters mainly from this group of people.
Who were the "sea people"?
500
The part of Mesopotamia that was regulated around irrigation systems.
What is southern Mesopotamia?
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