Lesson 1
The __________were one of many different tribes that lived in the Middle East.
Sumerians
The first ruler to unite the city-states of Mesopotamia was _______.
Sargon
The Phoenicians lived in ____________.
Canaan
This place is moon shaped (boomerang) and can grow crops.
Fertile Crescent
The largest Sumerian cities had more than ________ people.
20,000
He was the leader of the ___________.
Akkad
The Phoenicians became famous as ____________.
Sailors
This is the land between the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates.
Mesopotamia
A ziggurat is the name for a Sumerian _________.
Temple
Around 1800 B.C. a new city-state called _______ came to power.
Babylon
The Phoenicians were the first people to use the ___________ to help them navigate.
North Star
This advanced farming by bringing water to crops.
Irrigation
The Sumerians built with _______.
Brick
One of its great leaders was ________.
Hammurabi
The holy book of the Hebrew people is called the ____________.
Bible
These people were known also for purple trades.
Phoenicians
The _________ invented writing.
Sumerians
He collected laws from many groups of people and put them into a _______.
Codes
The Hebrews differed from other ancient people because they believed in one ______________.
God
Who defeated over Sargon's military?
Hammurabi