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Vocabulary
Empire
Religion
Geography
Grab Bag
100
An area of high flat land
What is a plateau
100
He is responsible for creating the first empire
Who is Saragon
100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
100
This is the land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
The Parthenon was originally built for this city-state
What is Athens
200
A ruling family is called this
What is a dynasty
200
The code of Hammurabi comes from this empire
What is Babylonia
200
The belief in only one God
What is monotheism
200
These are the two main geographic features of the Fertile Crescent
What is rivers and plains
200
Cultural diffusion happens by these two geographic features
What are rivers and plains
300
An agreement
What is a covenant
300
This empire established a great library at Nineveh and it helped historians learn about Mesopotamia
What is Assyrian
300
This is the belief that rulers have been given the right to rule by their gods
What is divine kingship
300
These were created because the flooding in Mesopotamia was unpredictable
What is levees
300
Groups of people that have complex and organized society are called this
What is civilization
400
To exchange one kind of good or service for another
What is barter
400
This king is responsible for uniting the tribes of Israel
Who is King David
400
This was the Southern part of the kingdom after the death of Solomon
What is Judah
400
This is the study of the Earth's physical environment
What is geography
400
These were temples in Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat
500
Cuneiform was an early form of writing. It developed in this city state
What is Sumer
500
These people did not create a huge empire. But they did create the first alphabet
Who are the Phonecians
500
Abraham was a farmer from this city-state
What is Ur
500
The Middle East is considered this of the Eastern Hemisphere
What is a region
500
They first began minting coins about 500 B.C.E.
What are the Lydians