Religion
What religious buildings has stairways for gods and goddesses to descend to Earth?
Ziggurats
"Mesopotamia" comes from two Greek words that mean:
"between two rivers"
What two professions required Sumerians to go to school for a long period of time?
What sounds are missing from the Phoenician alphabet?
What is the French word for crescent?
Croissant
What code of laws was supposedly given to Moses by God?
The Ten Commandments
Why was Mesopotamia a target for conquest?
Topsoil and Trade
What group led Babylon's second rise to power?
The Chaldeans
What were two wartime technologies developed by the Assyrians?
The Battering Ram and the Armored Chariots.
In addition to being politically independent, Sumerian city-states have their own:
Government, King, and Gods or Goddesses
What two religions have been directly influenced by Judaism?
Christianity and Islam
What distinctive features give the Fertile Crescent its shape?
Zaggros mountains, Taurus mountains, Tigris River, Euphrates, Syrian Desert.
Name the three types of scribes
Military, government, and general.
What were two scientific achievements of the New Babylonian Empire?
Beekeeping and measuring the length of a year.
What word means to gain control over someone or something?
Conquer
What Jewish celebration marks a time when Israelites believed that their children were spared from destruction?
Passover
Why did Phoenicians look to foreign lands to develop their wealth?
Because of their limited natural resources.
Who led the Israelites from Mesopotamia to settle in Canaan?
Abraham
How did the Phoenicians navigate the seas at night?
They used the North Star.
What is a murex?
The snail that Phoenicians used to make their purple dye.
How did Sumerians worship their gods?
By offering them food, washing their statues, and offering music and poetry in their honor
What two kingdoms did the Israelite kingdom divide into after the death of King Solomon?
North: Israel / South: Judea
Who drove the Jewish people from their homeland in 135 C.E.?
The Romans
The Sumerian language is made up of morphemes, which are:
units of meaning that can mean a word on their own, or be combined to form a new word.
What artifact was discovered in 1947, and helped historians reconstruct the early history of the Israelites?
The Dead Sea Scrolls