Civilization Emerges in Mesopotamia
Sumer had a military advantage
What is by using bronze to make tougher weapons?
Sargon built and controlled his empire
What is by placing loyal and important people in local, religious, and government positions?
Zoroastriansim
What is the universe is in a struggle between good and evil?
Map showing Phoenicia and Greece
What is Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.
Influences modern society
What is ethical and moral traditions form a basis for many democratic societies?
Cuneiform Printing
What is the Sumerian art form using triangular shapes and symbols to stand for ideas or things?
Sumer
What is the world's first civilization?
Controlling Distant Lands
What is dividing into smaller provinces, assigning a governor, reporting Assyrian ruler
Greeks Adopted
What is a writing system and weights and measures?
The beginning of Jewish Diaspora
When is c. 587 BCE?
Mesopotamia
What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates?
Hammurabi's code: Eye for an eye
What is a law that did not treat all members of society equally?
Darius
Gave local rulers control, paid for construction of roads across empire
The Talmud
What is contains commentaries on the teachings of Moses?
Cradle of civilization
What is Mesopotamia? Flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates brought good soil-Farmers developed technology for irrigation
Sumerian priests
Who are the only ones that could communicate with gods to help the city prosper?
Sabbath Day
What is the day of worship between God and believer?
Different from other religions
What is their belief in one God who set down laws about right and wrong?
Diaspora
What are communities outside Jewish homeland? Jews worshipped in synagogues.
Promised Land
What is Canaan, because God made a covenant with Abraham that Canaan would belong to his descendants?