Sumer (A)
What country was Sumer located?
Mesopotamia
What word means a system of ranking groups?
Hierarchy
What did Hammurabi write?
The first code of law
Which army conquered Babylon?
Persian
What word means belief in one god?
Monotheistic
What is the name of the region where Mesopotamia located?
The Fertile Crescent
Who overwhelmed the Sumerian city-states?
Conquering armies
Who created the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon
What word means you exchanges goods and services for another?
Barter economy
What is the most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible?
The Torah
What two rivers are located in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates
What kinds of marks are used in cuneiform?
Wedge-shaped
What word means to arrange or set down in writing?
Codify
What word means paying for goods and services by exchanging coins at an agreed value?
Money economy
Who is the father of the Israelites?
Abraham
What is the name of the narrative poem first recited in Sumer?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Where did the Sumerian legacy spread?
Across the Middle East
What do criminal laws deal with?
Offenses against others
What group of people rule a colony?
People from another land
Who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt?
Moses
The ziggurats were so tall because the people wanted them close to ____________.
The Heavens
About how many people emerged in cities across Mesopotamia?
Tens of thousands
What do civil laws deal with?
Private rights and matters
What word means a system of writing that uses symbols to represent a single basic sound?
Alphabet
Who was the second king of Israel and made Jerusalem the capital?
David