The Stone Age and
The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age
The Stone Age is called the Stone Age because what items were made out of stone
Tools
What is bronze made out of? Include percentages
90% copper and 10% tin
What is the name of the region sometimes known as the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia
Who were the 2 major Empires of Mesopotamia?
Babylonian and Assyrian Empires
The Phoenicians were a Mediterranean Sea Power and very wealthy because of
Trading and valuable natural resources (and sea monster stories)
This stone was used to create other stone tools and start fires
Flint
The worlds first construction workers worked on this network of canals that brought water to dry land, known as
Irrigation
Mesopotamia is in the river valley of what 2 rivers?
Euphrates and Tigris
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
Also, who is Hammurabi?
King of Babylonia who created a code, or list, of laws and punishments for his empire.
What is the name of the Israelites holy city?
Jerusalem
The climate became warmer, which led to better conditions for what?
Farming
Writing using lines and wedges to create symbols that represent individual words, carved into clay tablets, is known as what
Cuneiform
What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
Sumer
In 714 BCE, this King was the King of the Assyrian Empire.
King Sargon II
What happened in Canaan that caused the Israelites to leave and go to Egypt?
A famine
There was a huge growth in population during this time. What caused this?
A food surplus (because of farming)
A system of writing that includes 22 symbols that represent letters and their sounds, that when put together spell out words, is known as
The alphabet
Where is present day Mesopotamia?
Asia Minor (in the Middle East, in present day Syria and Iraq)
In 612 BCE, who fought the Assyrians and restored the Babylonian Empire, known as the New Babylonian Empire?
The Chaldeans
Who led the Israelites to Egypt?
Who led them out or Egypt?
Abraham
Moses
What is another result of there being a food surplus? What did this allow others to do?
Because not everyone had to hunt and gather or farm their own food, they were able to develop other skills and have other jobs, like artisans.
This weapon was used in battle and to destroy cities. It broke down the walls of the cities.
Battering Ram
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
Greek for “land between two rivers”
What is something that seems unfair or unjust to us today about Hammurabi’s Code and how it was used
Different punishments depending on who committed the crime and who the victim was (social classes)
What is one way the Phoenicians influenced our world today?
What is one way the Israelites influenced our world today?
Alphabet
Christianity and/or Judaism