Land Between Two Rivers
Because the cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land they developed into
separate city-states
Babylon became an important center of trade because
it was located between cities to the south and north
Hammurabi's Code was significant because
first time laws were written down
Set of symbols that represented the sounds of language
alphabet
Who was the Israelite hero that led the enslaved people out of Egypt?
Moses
Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because the rivers
there created very rich farmland
Many territories and people who are controlled by one Government
empire
Mesopotamia was located on land between what two rivers
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Force people to live in another country
exile
The belief in one God
Monotheism
professional writers were called
scribes
A group of traders traveling together is called
caravan
A time when people starve because there is so little food
famine
The Phoenicians helped spread civilization by
using ships to trade goods with other peoples
God gave the Israelites this code of law
The Ten Commandments
A story about gods that explains people's beliefs
myth
Nebuchadnezzar
In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script called
cuneiform
The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to
learn to read and write
All Jewish synagogues have a copy of the
Torah
Separate city-states developed in Sumer because the cities were
separated by long distances
The Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to
destroy the Assyrian empire
Hammurabi's greatest achievement
Another name for a market
bazaar
Helped historians reconstruct the early history of the Israelites
Dead Sea Scrolls