Key Terms
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because
What is the rivers there created very rich farmland.
Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region?
What is Phoenicians sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples
In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to
What conquer Mari.
A story that explains people's beliefs
What is a myth
Because the cities in Sumer were separated by long stretches of desert land,
What is they developed into separate city-states.
How did the people of Mesopotamia benefit from the physical geography of the region?
What is The people of Mesopotamia benefitted from the physical geography of their region from the rich soil for farming, the life giving rivers and the fact that they were in a central location that attracted trade.
Hammurabi's Code was significant because
What is for the first time, laws were written down.
Many territories and people who are controlled by one government
What is an empire
Babylon became an important center of trade because it was
What is located between the cities to the north and south.
How did the geography of Phoenicia contribute to their wealth and power.
What is The geography of Phoenicia contributed to their wealth and power by having cedar forests that offered wood, they lived on the Mediterranean Sea which offered snails for purple dye for cloth and a wide trade area to become a great sea power.
The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to
What is learn to read and write.
A time when there is so little food that people starve.
What is famine
What kind of material did the scribes of Mesopotamia use for writing?
What is clay
Compare Cuneiform writing to the Phoenician alphabet.
What is They were both used to communicate.
One of the major events in the history of the Israelites was
What is the settlement of Canaan.
The belief in one god
What is monotheism
How does a 6th grade student do well on a test?
What is study every night!!
Contrast Cuneiform writing to the Phoenician alphabet.
Phoenician alphabet- had 22 characters and represented sounds, foundation for our alphabet, more people could read and write.
Cuneiform writing- shapes to represent objects, used for recording livestock and farming, scribes had to translate.
What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient peoples?
What is monotheism, or worshiped one god.