Mesopotamia
What is flooding?
The people of Israel spoke this language which was similar to their neighbor's languages.
What is Hebrew?
The law code of Hammurabi covered these kinds of cases.
What is divorce, property, and criminal acts?
Both Assyria and Persia were ruled by this.
What is a king
The king of the gods and lord of the sky
Who is Zeus
The Epic of Gilgamesh taught the Mesopotamians this historical event and this moral lesson.
What is the Mesopotamian flood story and what it means to be a hero (or make the most of what you have)?
This Israelites returned to the Levant around this time.
What is 1200 BCE?
The Babylonians knew the laws because they could see them on this.
What is carved on a stone monument?
Both the Assyrian and Persian Empires expanded their borders through war and collected taxes or this from the nations they conquered.
What is tribute?
The phrase "the ancient Greeks" refers to the people who lived near this body of water between about 2000 BCE and 500 CE and who spoke Greek.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
These two innovations helped the Mesopotamians grow more crops.
What is the use of canals to irrigate more fields, and the invention of the plow?
What is the Israelites belief in the importance of writing down their history?
This person must be present and sign a contract in order for it to be complete.
What is a witness?
The Assyrian Empire worshiped the god Ashur, but the Persian king, Darius, believed that the gods of other peoples were just different names for this god.
Who is Ahura Mazda?
In 1894, this Englishman found the remains of a huge palace, with a floor plan so elaborate that it looked like a maze.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans?
The development of writing begins with the use of clay tokens and ends with this.
What are designs representing syllables?
The Hebrew Bible is a collection of these three styles of writing.
What is histories, hymns, and prophecies?
In a marriage contract a woman brought this which could be furniture, household gods, land, livestock, or other valuables.
What is a dowry?
The Assyrian Empire last from these dates.
What is 911 - 612?
One of the frescoes paintings found by Evan's crew shows a strange game or ritual involving male and female athletes.
During the Uruk period, these six components of civilization developed.
What is: 1) cities with governments, 2) organized religious practices, 3) specialized workers, 4) long-distance trade, 5) classes within society, and 6) a system of writing?
Despite suffering exile and rule by different conquerors, the Israelites never lost their identity because of these two things.
What is their written history and belief in one god?
The advantage of royal marriages in the ancient Near East included solidifying alliances between kingdoms. The disadvantages included these things.
What is princesses being sent to faraway lands, facing jealous wives, and disrespectful husbands?
King Darius's mountain-side inscription became the key to deciphering these languages.
What is Persian, Akkadian, and Elamite?
This symbol of power of the ruler painted on the walls and two large and impressive items led Evan's to declare that he had found Mino's palace and call the people who lived in Crete in the Bronze Age "Minoans."
What is a double-headed axe and chairs that look like thrones?