This is the world's first known writing system. Developed by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
100
Which group of people created "the world's first civilization ?"
The Sumerians
100
A well-preserved Babylonian law code, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world.
Code of Hammurabi
100
The Babylonian Empire reached its peak during the reign of this great ruler
King Hammurabi
100
A ancient professional writer
A scribe
200
Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations used this to explore and navigate local bodies of water.
Sailboat
200
An ancient group of people that escaped from Eygpt in "the Exodus" and lived in the "promised land" of Canaan, and after were loosely organized into the Twelve Tribes.
The Hebrews
200
Dwelling in the Temple of Solomon, the Ark of the Covenant houses this important item.
The Ten Commandments
200
This person created the world's first empire
Sargon I of Akkad
200
The worldwide scattering of the Jews
Diaspora
300
This important invention was developed by the Phoenicians in ancient times.
The alphabet
300
This ancient Mesopotamian group of people are well-known for the alphabet and navigation innovations. Lived in a region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, later called Palestine.
The Phoencians
300
A massive, pyramid-shaped monument dedicated to the moon god, Nanna.
A ziggurat
300
This king conquered ancient Syria and Palestine, destroyed the Temple of Solomon, and exiled many Hebrews(this time was known as the Babylonian Captivity or the Exile).
King Nebuchadnezzar
300
a Sumerian school where young boys learned reading, writing, and arithmetic.
A edubba
400
A wedge-shaped instrument made out of reed. The Sumerians wrote on wet clay tablets with this.
A stylus
400
An ancient Akkadian speaking Semitic group of people that emerged, creating a independent nation-state in southern-central Mesopotamia, making Babylon as its capital.
The Babylonians
400
One of ancient Mesopotamia's greatest historical legends. Tells this historical figure's unsuccessful quest for immortality.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
400
This king who conquered Babylon and allowed 40,000 exiled Hebrews back to Palestine to rebuild the Second Temple and the Walls of Jerusalem. Known as "the annointed of the Lord" by the Hebrews.
King Cyrus the Great
400
One of the famous Hebrew kings. He was chosen because he drove the Phillipines out of the kingdom.
King Saul
500
Raised areas of earth, in order to hold back the floodwaters are called-
Levees
500
This Semitic group of nomadic warriors invaded Mesopotamia, overwhelmed the Sumerians, and established their capital, Babylon?
The Amorites
500
One of the famous Hebrew kings. He defeated Goliath as a young child, united the Twelve tribes and established Jerusalem as the capital of the Hebrew kingdom.
King David
500
One of the three famous Hebrew kings. He built a trading empire and a temple that was the permanent home of the Ark of the Covenant.
King Solomon
500
This important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia dedicated to the Sumerian-Akkadian moon god, Nanna, along with the famous ziggurat.