Fertile Croissant
Super Sumer
Nebuchadnezzar Never could ever
Hammurabi’s Passcode
Really Religious
100
This is why civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent
What is the rivers created very rich farmland
100
The cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land because
What is developed into separate city-states
100
A time when people starve because there is so little food
What is famine
100
Symbols for writing that represent sounds
What is alphabet
100
A story that explains people's beliefs
What is myth
200
In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script know as
What is cuneiform
200
A group of traders traveling together
What is caravan
200
In 612 B.C., the Assyrains were conquered by
What is Medes and the Chaldeans
200
This is where writing first developed
What is Mesopotamia
200
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
300
Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location between
What is cities to the south and north
300
Separate city-states developed in Sumer because the cities were
What is separated by long distances
300
Babylon became an important center of trade because it was
What is located between cities to the north and south
300
Hammurabi's Code was significant because
What is laws were written down for the first time
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
400

One of the major events in the history of the Israelites was

What is the Exodus from Egypt, or settlement of Canaan, or Babylonian Exile

400
This was the first written set of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
400

The belief in one god

What is monotheism?

500

Mesopotamia was located on land between what two rivers?

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

500
Many territories and people who are controlled by one government
What is empire
500

The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to

What is learn to read and write?

500
The Phoenicians became a thriving and wealthy region because
What is they sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring people
500
The Israelites were known for this that made them unique among ancient people.
What is they worshipped one god
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