Vocabulary
Stone Age
Geography
Religion
Miscellaneous
100
wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia calledCuneiform writing
What is cuneiform writing?
100
The two greatest discoveries in the Stone Age
What is stone tools and fire
100
the "land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The belief of multiple gods/goddesses
What is polytheism?
100
He created the first written set of laws to be followed.
What is Hammurabi?
200
a professional writer who takes notes and records for kings and priests
What is a scribe?
200
These two inventions made trade possible from one city to another
What is the wheel and axle
200
the sea that the Nile flows into
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
the belief of one God
What is monotheism?
200
One of the greatest kings of Babylon after Hammurabi
What is Nebuchadnezzar II?
300
a stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple where people would worship gods/goddesses in ancient times called
What is a ziggurat?
300
This was the first occupation of people in the stone age
What is hunting
300
the name of the river to the right of Mesopotamia
What is the Euphrates River?
300
the group of people who were exiled by the Assyrians
What is the Israelites?
300
They were known for their ability to fight and for their center of learning
What is Assyrians?
400
binding agreement
What is a covenant?
400
the ability to glean food from the land made cities possible
What is farming?
400
the name of the river on the left of Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris River?
400
the laws given to Moses to instruct the Israelites on how to live
What is the Ten Commandments?
400
This was the first known written story
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
a group of people called who have no permanent home, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock?
What is a nomad?
500
Because of this, people were able to have enough food for everyone and have occupations other than farming
What is surplus?
500
the name of the two letter city in which Abraham comes from and Gilgamesh was king of
What is Ur?
500
Christianity
What is a monotheistic religion?
500
This development allowed people to keep records of important achievements and business transactions
What is writing?
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