Geography
The area of rich farmland in the Middle East.
The Fertile Crescent
This son of Adam and Eve killed his brother.
Cain
He created one of the first known codes of law.
Hammurabi
Amuba, the main character, was the prince of this conquered people.
Rebu
Mesopotamians wrote on clay tablets using this script.
Cuneiform
The two rivers which created the Fertile Crescent.
God made a covenant with this man, promising descendants as numerous as the stars.
Abraham or Abram
This king built the world’s first empire by uniting Sumer and Akkad.
Sargon of Akkad
Amuba and Jethro are taken as captives to this land.
Egypt
This stepped temple tower was a center of Mesopotamian religious life.
ziggurat
The Fertile Crescent stretched from Mesopotamia to this ancient land along the Nile.
Egypt
his tower in the land of Shinar was built so people could “make a name for themselves.”
What is the Tower of Babel
This king of Ur built a famous ziggurat dedicated to the moon god Nanna.
Ur-Nammu
Amuba befriends this Egyptian boy, the son of an influential priest.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s first known one of these.
Epic Poem or Hero's Tale
The world’s first known city, Uruk, was in this region
Sumer
This mysterious priest of Salem blessed Abram after his victory over the kings.
Melchizedek
His reign in Babylon is remembered for hanging gardens (one of the Seven Wonders).
Nebuchadnezzar II
This character struggles with disbelief.
Ameres
What architecture is Egypt renowned for?
Pyramids
Mesopotamian farmers invented this system to bring water to their fields.
irrigation
Who was Abraham a descendent of?
Terrah
Noah
He ruled the city-state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia for nearly sixty years, one of the longest reigns in the region’s history.
Rim-Sim
What group of people are referenced related to Joseph?
The Hebrews
People during this time were often stuck in the same economic level in which they were born. What is this system called?
Class system