Mespotamia
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers".
When was the 1st code of laws written?
What is 1754 BCE.
What helped provide the 1st humans with a place to gather and keep warm in colder climates?
What is fire.
How did the Akkadian Empire fall?
What is outside attacks?
Jewish Faith was the 1st ___ religion that continued to exist?
What is monotheistic.
What Empire originated North of Mesopotamia?
What is Hittites.
How long did the Neolithic Age last for?
What is 8000-4000 BCE.
What did they use to make cave paintings?
What is crushed mineral ore and animal fat to make the paint.
Which Empire was known for its arts and architecture, the most famous of which was the Hanging Gardens?
What is Babylon.
How many Jews are there approximately today?
What is 15 million.
True of False, Mesopotamia was the 3rd civilization?
What is false. (It was the 1st civilization)
How long did the last Ice Age last for?
What is c.100,000-8,000 BCE.
What was the earliest form of writing?
What is cuneiform. (clay tablet with writing made from a stylus)
What effect did Hammurabi's death have on Babylonian civilization?
What is it didn't last every long after.
What is the Torah to Christians called?
What is the Old Testament.
What is a city-state?
What is a state with political and economic power over the surrounding countryside.
What year did Cyrus the Great conquer Babylon and free the Jews?
What is 539 BCE.
What is the science or practice of farming?
What is agriculture.
Who were the first people to discover how to work iron to make tools and weapons?
What is the Hittites.
Who conquered the kingdom of Judah and destroyed the Temple?
What is the Babylonian Empire.
Which Empire included all of Mesopotamia?
What is Akkadians.
What years did the Israelites rule Israel/Palestine?
What is c.1010-937 BCE.
What did they develop to bring water from rivers to fields?
What is irrigation systems.
Who were the people to invent glassmaking?
What is the Assyrians.
When the Jews were exiled where did they disperse to?
What is the Meditterranean Sea.