Geography
River valleys were the “________ of Civilization.”
Cradles
What jobs where just below Pharaohs in the Egyptian Hierarchy?
Priest and Viziers
What is the name for belief in many gods?
Polytheistic
Who was the father of the Hebrews?
Abraham
The Amorites became known as the __________ and reached their peak during the reign of Hammurabi from 1792 B.C. 1750 B.C.
Babylonians
The Akkadians were located to the ________ of Sumer
North
A city and its surrounding land that formed an independent state
City-State
What gave us the knowledge of how to read Egyptian hieroglyphs?
The Rosetta Stone
______________ refers to large population migration, whether through forced displacement, voluntarily or involuntarily living outside of their ancestral homeland.
Diaspora
_______________ created the first uniform, written code of law.
Hammurabi
The Nile __________ is in Lower Egypt
Delta
In a Theocracy, laws are based on what?
Religious beliefs
Name two contributions made by the civilization of ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyphics, Great Pyramids, Paper from papyrus, Calendar, Medical advancements
Why were the Jews most likely able to survive the Diaspora?
Because they followed their traditions carefully
Sumer created the first system of writing in the world, called _____________.
cuneiform
Why did the first people settle in river valleys?
Arable land
which civilization had the greatest impact on criminal justice system?
Babylonians (Hammurabi's code)
Through trade with Mesopotamia, Egypt learned the art of ___________.
writing
Hittites from Asia Minor (Türkiye) invaded Northern Mesopotamia after Hammurabi and were able to rule because they could make _________.
iron
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means “land between the rivers." Name those two rivers.
the Tigris and the Euphrates
Name one of the ancient civilizations located in Mesopotamia
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians
The Code of Hammurabi was famous for what phrase?
"an eye for an eye"
Which civilization made a technological advancement that significantly influenced early societies?
Hittites, developed iron
The powerful group of traders who rose along the Mediterranean were called the _____________.
Phoenicians
Which civilization increased trade throughout the Mediterranean Region?
The Phoenicians