Vocabulary words
The idea of right and wrong
What is ethics?
Made codes on a stele that was 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
Who is Hammurabi?
Acting or living in a way that ethically right
What is righteousness?
The alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians?
How old was King Tut when he became Pharaoh?
When was 9 years old?
A payment to show loyalty
What is tribute?
He parted the red sea and got the commandments from God
Who is Moses?
A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on an end
What is a stele?
Cuneiform
Who are the Sumerians?
What was Hatshepsut?
Who was the first woman pharaoh?
A wide flat plain in present day Iraq
What is Mesopotamia?
The builder of the first empire
Who is Sargon?
Supply water to your crops
What is Irrigation?
Purple cloths
Who are the Phoenicians?
What river plays a big part in Egypt?
What is the Nile?
A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, and sounds
What is cuneiform?
A king who had a plan, grew a very large empire, and treated his people well
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
What is the Exodus?
Clay Stamps
Who are the Sumerians?
Who is called the conqueror?
Who is Ramses the second?
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
A man who was given the promised land for his descendants
Who is Abraham?
A good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country’s border
What is exporting?
The Alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians?
What pyramid was built around 2450 BCE?
What is the Great pyramid of Giza?