Geography
An area of elevated flatland
What is a plateau?
The writing invented in Sumer
What is cuneiform?
A region of Southern Mesopotamia that had a number of city-states.
What was Sumer?
He was the King of Kish who conquered Sumer (when his chariots rolled).
Who was Sargon?
A region of good farmland in Western Asia shaped like a quarter moon.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
A self governing city that also governs surrounding villages
What is a city-state
Before he conquered Sumer, Sargon was ruler of this city-state.
What was KIsh?
He also conquered Sumer, ruled the empire of Babylonia and wrote a code of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
Two rivers that supplied water to the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
A large building in Sumer with a temple at its peak
What is a ziggurat?
Before he conquered Sumer, Hammurabi was king of this city-state.
What was Babylon?
The Bible says that this man from Ur was the father of the people of Israel.
Who was Abraham?
In Greek, this long name means the land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
The empire under Hammurabi
What was Babylonia?
The Bible says that this man led the Israelites out of Egypt.
Who was Moses?
Long periods of dry weather.
What are droughts?
A written set of laws that apply to everyone in a kingdom
What is a code of laws?
The city made by King David of Israel
What was Jerusalem?
The Bible says that this King of Israel built the city of Jerusalem.
Who was King David?