Key Words I
Soldiers who fight while riding horses.
Cavalry - Currency - Islamism - Ethnic Group - Desalination
Cavalry
A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas or sounds.
Cuneiform - Authoritarian Government - Failed state - Prophet - Ethics
Cuneiform
Two Egyptian kingdoms developed in the Nile River Valley
3000 BCE - 1792 BCE - 587 BCE - 1993 - 2011
3000 BCE
The world’s longest river.
Nile River Valley - Mesopotamia - Moses - Bashar al Assad - Hammurabi
Nile River Valley
A group of people who share a distinct language, culture and identity.
Cavalry - Currency - Islamism - Ethnic Group - Polytheism
Ethnic Group
A country with government that does not control their territory or provide effective government services.
Cuneiform - Authoritarian Government - Failed state - Prophet - Ethics
Failed State
A man named Hammurabi became king of Babylon.
3000 BCE - 1792 BCE - 587 BCE - 1993 - 2011
1792 BCE
The one that received the Ten Commandments.
Nile River Valley - Mesopotamia - Moses - Bashar al Assad - Hammurabi
Moses
The belief that government and society should reflect Islamic Law.
Cavalry - Currency - Islamism - Ethnic Group - Polytheism
Islamism
People chosen by Gods as messengers.
Cuneiform - Authoritarian Government - Failed state - Prophet - Ethics
Prophet
The Babylonians destroyed Solomon’s Temple.
3000 BCE - 1792 BCE - 587 BCE - 1993 - 2011
587 BCE
The president of Syria, a dictator that used chemical weapons.
Nile River Valley - Mesopotamia - Moses - Bashar al Assad - Hammurabi
Bashar Al-Assad
A common type of money.
Cavalry - Currency - Islamism - Ethnic Group - Polytheism
Currency
The ideas of right and wrong.
Ethics
Israel signed a peace agreement with the PLO.
3000 BCE - 1792 BCE - 587 BCE - 1993 - 2011
1993
A wide flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Nile River Valley - Mesopotamia - Moses - Bashar al Assad - Hammurabi
Mesopotamia
The belief in more than one god.
Cavalry - Currency - Islamism - Ethnic Group - Polytheism
Polytheism
People chosen by Gods as messengers.
Prophet
A movement called Arab Spring began in the Middle East.
3000 BCE - 1792 BCE - 587 BCE - 1993 - 2011
2011
The first ruler to try to unite an empire with the same law.
Nile River Valley - Mesopotamia - Moses - Bashar al Assad - Hammurabi
Hammurabi