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Were the source of life for the peoples of Mesopotamia
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
100
created the Babylonian Empire in 1787 B.C. by conquering cities in Sumer
Hammurabi
100
the king of Babylon
Hammurabi
100
a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language
alphabet
100
people who follow Judaism
Jews
200
a professional writer
scribe
200
a religion that developed in Ancient Persia
Zoroastrianism
200
an organized list of laws and rules
code
200
a time when there is so little food that many people starve
famine
200
He told the Isrealites that God would lead them to Canaan
Moses
300
a city that is also a separate, independent state
city-state
300
rebuilt the city of Babylon, which the Assyrians had destroyed
King Nebuchadezzar 11
300
Writing first developed in Mesopotamia around...
3100 B.C.
300
someone forced to live in another country
exile
300
a binding agreement
covenant
400
a ruler who united the Sumerian city-states and improved Sumer's government and its military
King Sargon
400
many territories and peoples controlled by one government
empire
400
groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
cuneiform
400
the leader who taught his people to practice monothesim
Abraham
400
the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
diaspora
500
a region in Southwest Asia
Fertile Crescent
500
a group of travelers journeying together
caravan
500
the rules set down for everyone in Hammurabi's empire to follow
Hammurabi's code
500
who split the country of Jerusalem into 2 groups
Solomon
500
Judaism had an important influence on 2 other religions
Christianity and Islam
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