Rivers/Seas
The largest sea in the Middle East.
What is the Mediterranean Sea
Known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states.
Who was Sargon?
The first major city-state in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer?
The Sumerians created this invention for farming.
What is the plow?
This invasion of this country led to the first Gulf war in the Middle East.
What is Kuwait?
The second-largest river in western Asia?
What is the Tigris River?
He created a code of law.
Who was Hammurabl?
First Major empire in Mesopotamia.
Who are the Akkadians?
The Sumerians created a writing tool.
What is a stylus?
This Middle East country is suppling weapons to Russia to fight Ukraine.
What is Iran?
Its name is derived from the color changes observed in its waters.
What is the Red Sea?
Created their ships with one large square sail.
Who were the Phoenicians?
Empire ruled by a law giver.
What is Babylon?
The Sumerians created a writing system.
What is cuneiform?
The United States fought two war with this country in the Middle East.
What is Iraq?
It is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers in Western Asia.
What is the Euphrates River?
He led the Hebrews out of Egyptian slavery.
Who was Moses?
They developed a simple alphabet of 22 letters that replace the cuneiform alphabet of 550 characters.
Who were the Phoenician?
The Sumerians but the first religious temples.
What is a ziggurat?
This Middle East country is a strong ally of the United States.
What is Israel?
An extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
What is the Persian Gulf?
He destroyed the Temple of Jerusalem and initiated the Babylonian Captivity of the Jewish population.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
They gave the world the Ten Commandments.
Who are the Hebrews?
They Sumerians created this invention for making pottery.
What is the wheel?
The United States gets the majority of its oil from this country.
What is Saudi Arabia?