2.1
Where was Sumer located?
Mesopotamia
Who was the king of Assyria?
King Sargon II of Assyria.
Was Hammurabi's code fair?
No it wasn't
Tyre was a major city in a region called what?
Phoenecia
Where di Moses lead the Israelites?
Egypt to Canaan
Mesopotamia comes from the Greek words what?
"between the rivers"
What did the Babylonians build that made travel easier?
Roads
What does an eye for an eye mean in Hammurabi's code?
a punishment should be similar to the crime committed.
What did the Phoenicians make from snails?
Purple dye
Who did God give the Ten Commandments to?
Moses
Mesopotamia is a part of what region?
the Fertile Crescent
The Assyrians were highly skilled what?
warriors
Hammurabi's Code was the first organized, recorded list of laws, true or false.
true
The Phoenician alphabet had how many symbols?
22
What did the prophets tell the Israelites?
God wanted them to live
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were useful and dangerous. How were they useful?
They were useful because they would flood causing fertile soil good for farming.
Under the rules of the Chaldeans, the Babylonians became the center of what?
Learning and science
If a son strikes his father, what would the punishment be?
The son's hand would be cut of
Who was the Israelites leader?
Abraham
After the Jews exile, what religion did they start following?
Judaism
was there a fall of Sumer?
yes
The Persian accomplishments survived to help form what?
Our modern civilizations
What would people write on?
Clay tablets
Where did Abraham lead the Israelites?
Canaan to Egypt
Judaism had an effect on what two religions?
Christianity and Islam