Vocabulary
A traditional story, or __________ sometimes tells a legend that explains people's beliefs.
Myth
Mesopotamia was located on land between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its location on:
a. on the Nile River
b. between cities to the south and north
c. on the Mediterranean Sea
d. near irrigation canals
B. Between cities to the south and north
What was the first set of written laws?
Hammurabi's Code
It was simpler than cuneiform
In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script known as___________________
Cuneiform
Why did separate city-states developed in Sumer?
They were separated by long distances.
In 612 B.C., the Assyrians were conquered by who?
Medes and the Chaldeans
Where did the first writing develop?
Mesopotamia
How did the Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area?
Using ships to trade goods with other peoples.
Often, many people starve during a period of_______________.
Famine
Southwest Asia
What did the Assyrian and Babylonian empires have in common?
Their quest for riches and they were vicious warriors.
What kind of material did the scribes of Mesopotamia use for writing?
clay
Which people were a great sea power?
The Phoenicians
A group of traders traveling together is called a(n)_____________________.
Caravan
How were the rivers a source of life and death?
In the spring melting snow picked up tons of topsoil as it rushed down from the mountains which gave the farmers good soil for farming. It also would flood without warning and swept away people, animals, crops, and houses.
Who was the Babylonian king who created the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
The shape and size of a tablet for writing depended on what?
The purpose of the writing
Who led the Isrealites to develop a belief in one God?
Abraham
Symbols for writing that represent sounds are called a(n)_________________.
Alphabet
What was a ziggurat? What did Sumerians use believe about them?
Giant brick buildings at the heart of the city. It was used form religious reasons. Sumerians believed that gods descended to Earth using the ziggurat as a stairway.
1600 B.C.
Cuneiform
Why did the Israelites originally leave Canaan for Egypt?
Famine