People
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Miscellaneous
100
According to the Bible, the history of the Jewish people began when this man traveled to Canaan and made covenant with God.
Abraham
100
The Sumerians made buildings out of clay.
The Sumerians lived in an environment with limited resources.
100
First five books of the Hebrew Bible
Torah
100
Written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government.
Code of Laws
100
Laws given by God to moses at Mount Sinai.
Ten Commandments.
200
According to the Bible, this Hebrew prophet grew up in Egypt and traveled to Mount Sinai, where he was given the Torah.
Moses
200
The sumerians made flat bricks that could be stacked.
They were used to form walls of buildings.
200
System of writing invented in Sumer.
Cuneiform
200
Long period of dry weather
Drought
200
Religion of the Jewish people.
Judaism
300
This King of Kish used cuneiform to expand his empire and unite the other city-states.
Sargon
300
The Sumerians experimented with baked bricks.
The Sumerians were not happy with the way sun-dried bricks crumbled.
300
Scattering of Jews to many parts of the world.
Diaspora
300
Large building with a temple on its peak.
Ziggurat
300
Weekly day of rest, prayer, and study.
Sabbath
400
He was an important hero to the Sumerians.
Gilgamesh
400
The Sumerians used asphalt to join the bricks.
The walls lasted much longer.
400
Belief in only one God.
Monotheism
400
Self-governing city and its surrounding villages.
City-state
400
The capital city of Babylonia.
Mesopotamia
500
This king of Babylon dammed parts of the Euphrates and attacked the Sumerians.
Hammurabi
500
Archaeologists can study about the Sumerians from their remains
The Sumerians built massive and long-lasting ziggurats.
500
Area of flat, elevated land.
Plateau.
500
Belief in many gods and goddesses.
Polytheism.
500
Three contributions ancient Mesopotamian culture made to our world today are.
The Wheel, Cuneiform, and Irrigation systems
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