Early People
United Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire
Sargon
The world's first empire
Akkadian
The first of five books of the Hebrew Bible
Torah
Name of the agreement God made saying Canaan would belong to Abraham's descendents
Covenenant
The one God instructed to leave Ur for Canaan
Abraham
Became the king of Babylon and united southern
Mesopotamia into Babylonia
Hammurabi
They took over several Sumerian cities after the destruction of Ur
Amorites
The first book of the Torah
Genesis
Jewish celebration for when the Jews escaped slavery in Egypt
Passover
Exodus said this person appeared in front of God and was told to rescue his people
Moses
Became king of Babylon in 604 BC and destroyed the Jewish temple
Nebuchadnezzar
They united the region after Hammurabi's death
Assyrians
Came after Genesis
Book of Exodus
The religious Jewish teachers
Rabbis
Took over for the Israelites after Moses died
Joshua
Ruled the Persian empire thanks to the Permanent Army
Cyrus the Great
They were fearless sailors that emerged when Egyptian rule ended
Phoenicians
The laws in the Torah
Ten Commandments
The Jewish weekly day of rest, on Saturday
Sabbath
He captured Jerusalem and made it the capital
David
He took over for his dad, Cyrus
Cambyses
Considered the last great Assyrian king
Ashurbanipal
The name once the commentaries went to text
Talmud
Jewish holiday thanks to the Maccabee family beating the Greeks
Hanukkah
Responsible for meeting the Roman Commander and setting up a center for Jewish scholars
Yohanan ben Zaccai