Words to Know
A group of lands ruled by the same government or ruler.
What is an empire?
They were know as sailors and traders.
Who were the Phonicians?
They invented an alphabet.
Who were the Phoneticians?
The Israelite leader who is said to have received the Ten Commandments.
Who was Moses?
A city where the government is located.
What is a capital?
To plan the course of a ship
What is to navigate?
They worshiped one god, Yahweh.
Who were the Israelities?
This code of law was one of the first written law system of law.
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
The shepherd boy who defeated a giant.
Who was David?
An agreement between nations, usually having to do with peace or trade.
What is a treaty?
A group of people who settle in a far off land but are still under the rule of the land they came from.
What is a colony?
They were known for their "Hanging Gardens," one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Who were the Babylonians?
This color dye was made by the Phoneticians from boiled snails.
What was Tyrian Purple?
He was the son of David and became known as a wise king.
Who was King Solomon?
The surrounding of a city by soldiers, so that food and supplies cannot get in or out.
What is a siege?
A person who moves from place to place.
What is a nomad?
These people had the secret of making iron which made them a great military power.
Who were the Hittites?
These people defeated the Assyrians.
Who were the Chaldeans?
This king of Babylonia wrote a famous system of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
A payment demanded by rulers of ancient kingdoms.
What is a tribute?
To get control by using force.
What is to conquer?
These people were the fierce warriors who defeated the Hittites.
Who were the Assyrians?
They invented siege machines and built machines to lift water from the river into canals.
Who were the Assyrians?
The Philistine giant defeated by David.
Who was Goliath?
The Assyrians were among the first people to have one of these, where they stored clay tablets with writings from the ancient world.
What is a library?