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The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
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A story that explains people's beliefs
What is myth
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A time when people starve because there is so little food
What is famine
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Many territories and people who are controlled by one government
What is empire
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The belief in one god
What is monotheism
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In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script know as
What is cuneiform
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A group of traders traveling together
What is caravan
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Symbols for writing that represent sounds
What is alphabet
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Mesopotamia was located on land between what two rivers?
What is Tigris and Euphrates
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Separate city-states developed in Sumer because the cities were
What is separated by long distances
300
Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location between
What is cities to the south and north
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In 612 B.C., the Assyrains were conquered by
What is Medes and the Chaldeans
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This was the first written set of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
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This is where writing first developed
What is Mesopotamia
300
One important advantage of the Phoenician alphabet was
What is it was simpler than cuneiform
400
The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area by
What is using ships to trade goods with other people
400
This is what the Babylonians and the Israelites had in common
What is they both lived according to a code of laws
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This is why civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent
What is the rivers created very rich farmland
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The cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land because
What is developed into separate city-states
400
Babylon became an important center of trade because it was
What is located between cities to the north and south
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Hammurabi's Code was significant because

What is laws were written down for the first time

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One of the major events in the history of the Israelites was
What is the settlement of Canaan
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The Israelites were known for this that made them unique among ancient people.
What is they worshipped one god
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The Phoenicians became a thriving and wealthy region because
What is they sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring people
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The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to
What is learn to read and write
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