Vocabulary
People and Places
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100
A city surrounded by smaller villages.
What is a city-state.
100
For the first time ever this person ruled all of the Fertile Crescent in part due to the Akkadian army's use of bronze weapons.
Who is Sargon I
100
These are one type of religious leader.
A priest.
100
This group of people developed a 22 letter alphabet which is the ancestor of the alphabet we use today.
Who are the Phoenicians.
100
A rule, or a way to act.
What is a commandment.
200
To change the words of one language into those of another.
What is to translate.
200
These people became well known for building ships, becoming sea merchants and sailing to land that hadn't been explored yet.
Who are the Phoenicians.
200
Who ruled during the Golden Age of Babylon?
Hammurabi.
200
The Hittites were craftspeople who were the first in the Middle East to work with what metal?
What is iron.
200
What is Gilgamesh?
The oldest know written literature. A long poem, or epic, that tells Sumerian myths.
300
The area in the Middle East shaped like a quarter moon (crescent) where one of the earliest civilizations developed.
What is the Fertile Crescent.
300
Civilization developed in here about 7,000 years ago and is the land around and between the Tigris and the Euphrates.
What is Mesopotamia.
300
What are the two important rivers in Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
300
This is the Hebrew and Christian book that is thought to be holy.
What is the Bible.
300
These are banks of earth that keep out water.
Canals and dikes.
400
An agreement
What is a covenant
400
This person was the king of Babylon and created the first system of laws.
Who is Hammurabi.
400
The ten commandments became the roots of the religion of the Hebrews. What do we call this religion today?
What is Judaism.
400
Hammurabi collected laws from many people and put them into a what.
What is a code.
400
Sailors used what in the sky as a guide to navigate and steer their boats.
What is the North Star.
500
A time when crops do not grow and there is no food.
What is a famine.
500
This person was the first leader of the Hebrew people.
Who is Moses.
500
The first great leader of the Hebrews led them out of Mesopotamia. Who was he?
Abraham.
500
This group of people invented a writing system called cuneiform.
Who are the Sumerians.
500
A temple shaped like a pyramind in Sumerian cities was called...
What is a ziggurat.
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