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Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
Kings
Legacy
Hodge Podge
100
Hammurabi's Code was concerned with what aspects of Babylonian life
What is trade, labor, property and family
100
What group of people established the first great trading empire.
Who are the Phoenicians
100
The Babylonian king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who is Nebakanezer?
100
Our language is based on the Phoenician development of this.
What is the Alphabet
100
The belief in one God.
What is monotheism.
200
The oldest story in human history. It is the Epic of Gilgamesh and it is written in what written language
What is cuneiform writing
200
What was so special about the Phoenician alphabet
What is one sound per letter.
200
Ashabanipal built the first organized and systematic one of these in Nineveah
What is a library
200
The basic and most permanent way to record things in the ancient world was this material dug from the earth
What is Clay
200
If you were kicked out of your country, you would be this.
What is exiled
300
If you committed a crime under Hammurabi's Code, you automatically knew your what?
What is punishment.
300
Moses brought the Israelites back to Canaan. What was the reason they left the first time?
What is famine?
300
Despite his vast riches, after his death, Israel was split into two kingdoms
Who is King Solomon
300
This color was the color of the rich due the high price of the dye necessary to make it.
What is purple
300
There isn't enough food to eat and people are suffering
What is famine.
400
Babylonian mathematicians knew how to calculate the length of a year and what other important mathematical concept.
What is the area of a geometric shape.
400
Used often to refer to the scattering of the Jewish people.
What is The Disapora
400
He was the most famous of the Assyrian Kings
Who is Sargon ll.
400
A person who writes things is called this
What is a scribe.
400
Christians and the Old Testament Bible share much in common with this main document of Judaism.
What is the Torah.
500
What civilization is commonly considered the first and the oldest
What is Sumer
500
He wasn't a king, but he is credited with leading the Israelites to develop a belief in one God.
Who is Abraham
500
This Sumerian King eventually became the subject of a great epic written in Cuneiform.
Who is Gilgamesh
500
This city was the capital of the Israelite nation.
What is Jerusalem.
500
The temples of Sumer were also know as this.
What is a Ziggurat