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Pharaohs
100
The religion of the Jewish people
What is Judaism
100
A belief in one God
What is monotheism
100
In ancient Sumer each city-state has a ziggurat where people went to
What is worship
100
What day do Jews celebrate because Moses led the Israelites captives from Egypt.
What is Passover
100
This King of Babylon damned parts of the Euphrates River and attacked the Sumerians
What is Hammurabi
200
An area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land
What is plateau
200
A long period of dry weather
What is drought
200
What factor made it especially difficult to farm in southern Mesopotamia
What is droughts and irregular floods
200
When was the harvest time in Mesopotamia
What is spring
200
According to the Bible, this Hebrew prophet grew up in Egypt and traveled to Mount Sinai, where was given the Torah
What is Moses
300
A large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities
What is ziggurat
300
The scattering of jews to many parts of the world
What is Diaspora
300
The Code of Hammurabi
What is set of laws
300
Where is Nineveh
What is Northern Mesopotamia
300
He was an important here to the Sumerians
What is Gilgamesh
400
A weekly day of rest, prayer, and study.
What is sabbath
400
A written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government
What is Code of Law
400
The Israelites left Canaan and went to Egypt in order to
What is find food
400
Why was Nineveh famous
What is rulers destroyed Babylon
400
Thi king of Kish used cuneiform to expand his empire and unite the other city-states
What is Sargon
500
A self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages
What is city-state
500
A system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds, ideas, and objects; developed in ancient Sumer.
What is cuneiform
500
Nineveh was important because it became the
What is capital
500
What did early famers grow in Mesopotamia
What is wheat, barley, fruits, and vegetables.
500
According to the Bible, the history of the Jewish people began when this man traveled to Canaan and made a covenant, or agreement, with God.
What is Abraham