Land Between Two Rivers
Babylonia and Assyria
The Legacy of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Civilizations
Hodgepodge
100
In ancient Sumer, if a person wanted a letter written or a list of trade items drawn up, he or she would hire a professional writer called a
What is a scribe
100
A group of travelers that often traded goods were known as a
What is a caravan
100
Name for an organized list of laws or rules
What is a code
100
belief in one God
What is monothesim
100
The land that stretches from the Persian Gulf north to the Mediterranean Sea
What is The Fertile Crescent
200
The belief in many Gods
What is polytheism
200
In ancient Babylonia, a market was known as
What is a bazaar
200
The first time of writing was called
What is cuneiform
200
to force someone to live in another country
What is exile
200
Stories about Gods are also known as
What are myths
300
Mesopotamia literally translates as "the land between two rivers". What two rivers is it located between?
What is The Tigris and the Euphrates
300
Babylonia was conquered by
Who were the Assyrians
300
What material did scribes write on?
Clay tablets
300
He recieved the ten commandments
Who was Moses
300
The term given to wealth sent from one country to another as a sign that they other is superior is called
What is tribute
400
These small areas acted an independent states with their own rulers.
What are city-states
400
The ruler who posted the first set of written laws
Who is Hammurabi?
400
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians?
The alphabet
400
He united the 12 Israelite tribes into a single nation
Who is David
400
A term given to the pipe that brings water from far away
What is an aqueduct
500
Ancient Mesopotamia is currently located in which present day country?
What is Iraq
500
What was the capital of Assyria?
What is Nineveh
500
Who led the Israelites to Canaan?
Abraham
500
Name on of the three present day countries in which Ancient Canaan is now located
What is Israel, Lebanon, or Syria
500
was the ruler of neo-Babylonia?
Nebuchadnezzar II
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