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Mesopotamia Vocab

Mesopotamia Vocabulary, People, & Places

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the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations Mesopotamia
a long period of dry weather drought
a river in southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Crescent Euphrates River
a fertile region in southwestern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent
an area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land plateau
a river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent Tigris River
a group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia Sumer
an ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in teh 1700s B.C. Babylonia
died 2279? B.C.; king of the city-state Kish; united the city states of Sumer to create an empire Sargon
1800-1750 B.C.; king of the Babylonian empire; creator of one of the world's oldest codes of law Hammurabi
a large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities ziggurat
the belief in many gods and goddesses polytheism
a self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages city-state
a written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government code of law
a system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds, ideas, and objects; developed in ancient Sumer cuneiform
founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command Abraham
an ancient city in western Asia; capital of present-day Israel Jerusalem
according to the Hebrew Bible, the laws God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai Ten Commandments
a belief in one god monotheism
a weekly day of rest, prayer, and study Sabbath
the religion of Jewish people Judaism
prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt Moses
the scattering of the Jews to many parts of the world Diaspora
the first five books of the Hebrew Bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism Torah
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