People
God of the sky and weather, King of the Gods in Greek mythology
Who is Zeus?
List out the different elements of culture (4).
What are arts, tools, customs, and ideas
What is Ancient Mesopotamia?
List out the 5 major world religions.
What are Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism?
What is the Jewish claim to the land of Palestine?
They were there first, it was their ancient homeland, promised to them by God in the Torah
Mesopotamian god of creation
Who is Marduk?
What is ideas?
What two rivers is Ancient Mesopotamia located in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
Religious text of Judaism
What is the Torah?
What is the Palestinian claim to the land?
Been there longer, home of religious sites, etc.
Created a code of laws for the Babylonian Empire to make sure everyone followed the rules.
Who is Hammurabi?
Form of writing used in Ancient Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
Mesopotamia is also known as the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
What do Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all have in common?
They worship the same god, monotheistic, etc.
Roman destruction of Jewish structures and the dispersal of Jews from Palestine in 70 AD?
What is the diaspora?
Who is Abraham?
What makes a civilization "classical"?
laid foundational concepts (democracy, philosophy, law, art) for later cultures, marked by complex governments, large empires, advanced infrastructure (roads, water systems), specialized labor (often slave-based), and rich records in literature, history, and art that directly link to today's world
Government by a religious leader
What is a theocracy?
What is the main god of Hinduism and what are the names of its three forms?
Brahman, Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu
Nationalist movement in the 1890s calling for Jews to return to their homeland
What is zionism?
Name of the people from early civilizations in Mesopotamia
Who are the Sumerians?
Place of worship for Buddhist monks
What is a monastery?
Explain the major difference in the purpose of a ziggurat and a pyramid.
Ziggurats were used as temples to connect with gods, Pyramids were tombs for pharaohs
List out the five pillars of Islam.
Hajj, fasting, alms/charity, prayer, declaration of faith
This is where Hamas frequently launches attacks from (Where most of the violence takes place)