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The Fertile Crecsent. Meso- potamia. Babylonia and Assyria. Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Lydians. Miscellaneous. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500.

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  1. The Fertile Crecsent Meso- potamia Babylonia and Assyria Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Lydians Miscellaneous 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

  2. Groups of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture.

  3. What is a civilization?

  4. All or part of the countries of Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

  5. What countries make up the fertile crescent?

  6. This means very rich soil for farming.

  7. What is fertile soil?

  8. The trenches or ditches that brought water from rivers to their fields for watering crops.

  9. What was known as irrigation or irrigation systems?

  10. A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions.

  11. What is a city-state?

  12. The word actually means “the land between two rivers’.

  13. What is Mesopotamia?

  14. Mesopotamia is the land between what two rivers?

  15. What are the Tigris River and the Euphrates River?

  16. A pyramid-shaped temple complex that Mesopotamians believed linked the heavens to Earth.

  17. What is a ziggurat?

  18. The practice at the time was to believe in many gods.

  19. What is polytheism?.

  20. This was what a person who could read or write was called, also known as a professional writer.

  21. What is a scribe?

  22. The wedge-shaped writing used by the people in Mesopotamia.

  23. What is cuneiform?

  24. A large territory – consisting of many different places – all under the control of a single ruler.

  25. What is an empire?

  26. The code of Hammurabi.

  27. What is a set of 282 laws developed in Babylon?

  28. This crowned king of Babylon took over much of Assyrian Empire and the desert land west of Babylon.

  29. Who was Nebudhadnezzar?

  30. This is an agreement, and Abraham had one with God..

  31. What is a covenant?

  32. This was a new concept for this time – the belief in one God..

  33. What is monotheism?

  34. One of the first monotheistic religions with Abraham being viewed as its founder..

  35. What is Judaism?

  36. This is the practice of one person owning another person .

  37. What was slavery?.

  38. This man was chosen by God to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt, across the Sinai desert to freedom, and to receive the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai.

  39. Who was Moses?

  40. The Hebrew Bible.

  41. What is the Torah?

  42. This is what a Jewish house of worship is called.

  43. What is a synagogue?

  44. This is the exchange of goods or services for other goods or services – no money was used..

  45. What is barter?

  46. This was a mythical figure thought to be 2/3 god and 1/3 human. The epic of this hero contain many human experiences such as friendship, happiness, love, and the search for everlasting life.

  47. Who was Gilgamesh?

  48. This Akkadian was abandoned as a baby – having been placed in a basket in the river. He was rescued by a gardener and worked as a servant to the ruler of Kish. He quickly rose through the ranks, and gave himself the name Sharru-kin which means “Rightful King”.

  49. Who was Sargon?

  50. This man was a brilliant, but brutal warrior. He repeatedly dammed rivers to cut off the supply of water to a city-state, and later would flood the city to weaken it so he could take control.

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