Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between Two Rivers
Nile River
Who was the land of Canaan promised to?
Abraham and his decedents
Why did Israelites leave the land of Canaan for Egypt
They were trying to escape a famine
The first unified code of law was ?
Hammurabi's Code of Law
The first form of Writing
Cuneiform
What does the river deposit on the banks to make the land very fertile
Silt
What was the land of Canaan called
The promise land
What is Passover?
When the Israelites sacrificed the Passover lamb and painted its blood on their doorways to be spared from Gods wrath.
What color where the gates of Babylon
Blue
Difference between Cain and Abel
Cain-- the way of the devil
Abel-- The way if God
What were the four main things Egyptians ate?
Bread, Fruit, Vegetables, Fish
what did the Phoenician develop that we still use today
Alphabet
Where did Moses get the ten commandments
Mount Sinai
What was Egypt Called
The Gift of the Nile or River
Who were the most powerful people is Mesopotamia?
BONUS question
why were they the most powerful
Priest
Bonus
They were the word of God.
Earliest form of paper?
Papyrus
What happened to the city of Tyre
it was conquered by alexander the great
burned and destroyed
Did Moses ever enter into the land of Canaan
No
What is the difference between Monotheism and Polytheism
Monotheism-- Belief in one God
Polytheism-- Belief in more than one God
Name 3 of the 7 characteristics of a civilization
Cities, specialized labor, government, art, science, Religion, and writing
What was the purpose if mummification?
To preserve the body for the soul in the afterlife .
Why was Syria called the crossroads of civilizations
it is where all countries and nations came together in one place. people from Africa, Asia, Europe, and India.
in this place new ideas, religion, customs, and beliefs
What did the Israelites do to break their covenant with God.
They started worshiping a golden cow statue instead of God
What is a City State
A city that functions as its own country
Own laws, rules, money, religion, government