Meso 1
The belief in one god
monotheism
The beleif of many gods
polytheism
An organized list of laws and rules
Code
What did the Babylonians and the isrealites have in common
They both had a written set of laws
What Isreralites were know for that made them unique among ancient people
Believing in one god (monotheism)
How many codes were there in Hammurabi's Code
282
A story that explains peoples beliefs
myth
What made phonecia a thriving and wealthy region
their trade of cedar wood and purple dyed cloth
Why do people believe that civilizations began in the Fertile Crescent
The rivers created fertile farmland
Mesopotamian city-states each had their own
governments and gods
Why was Babylon an important center for trade
It was between cities from the north and south (it was a crossroads)
A time when there is little food, sometimes people starve
Famine
Mesopotamia is Greek for
Land between the rivers
symbols for writing where each symbol represents a sound
Alphabet
The Meads and the Chaldeans joined forces to destroy which Empire
The assyrians
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
When many territories and people are controlled by one government
empire
What did the fact that cities in Sumer were seperated by large stretches of land lead to
Independant city-states
The Phonecian alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to
learn to read and write
Hammurabis Code was significant because
It was the first WRITTEN code of laws
King Nebuchadnezzar created an ancient wonder known as
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A group of people that travel together
caravan
A person that has been educated and knows how to write
scribe
Phonecians were well known for trading along the shores of this body of water
Mediterranean
Social class