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Key Terms
Key Terms
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Critical Thinking
100
belief in many gods
What is polytheism
100
travels between cities in order to trade goods
What is a caravan
100
he led the Israelites to develop a belief in one God
What is Abraham
100
the name for written down laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
100
the two important physical features that people in Mesopotamia benefitted from
What is the Tigris and Euphrates River
200
a belief in 1 god
What is monotheism
200
a form of writing that uses groups of lines scribed on clay
What is cuneiform
200
the rivers here created very rich farmland to develop this civilization
What is The Fertile Crescent
200
this helped people in the ancient world to read and write
What is the Phoenician alphabet
200
Flooding made fertile, rich soil making the land good for this
What is farming
300
a time when people starve because there is so little food
What is famine
300
a professional writer
What is a scribe
300
Sumer was separated by long stretches of desert lands creating this type of city
What is city-state
300
A major event in the history of the Israelites
What is the conquest of Canaan
300
this material was good for building and writing tablets
What is clay
400
a story about gods that explains people's beliefs
What is myth
400
to force someone to live in another country
What is exile
400
Located between cities to the south and north, this city was an important center of trade
What is Babylon
400
the Israelites were known for this, making them unique
What is monotheism (worshipping 1 God)
400
this material was used for making boats
What is reeds
500
many territories and people who are controlled by one government
What is an empire
500
symbols invented by the Phoenicians
What is the alphabet
500
these two groups joined forces in 612 B.C. to destroy the Assyrian empire
What is Medes and Chaldeans
500
Phoenicia became a thriving and wealthy region by selling these two things
What is valuable wood & purple dye
500
Three important contributions made by ancient peoples in the Fertile Crescent & the Mediterranean
What is farming, alphabet, astronomy