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Mesopotamia1
Mesopotamia,
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A salt lake between israel and Jordan; the dead sea is the lowest point on earth. | Dead Sea |
| was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Bible | King David |
| king of the israelities after his father david;built cities temples , and established forgein trade and alliances. | Solomon |
| the most sacred text of the early israelities that recorded laws and events og thier history. | Torah |
| First leader of the Israelitites; according to the bible, he led his family to Canaan, where he became the founder of a new nation. | Abraham |
| an Arm of the Arabian Sea , located between the Arabian Penisula and Southwest Iran. | Persian Gulf |
| Black Sea, inland sea, c.159,600 sq mi (413,360 sq km), between SE Europe and Asia, connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles | Black Sea |
| An ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Southwest Asia. | Mesopotamia |
| King of the New Babylonian empire from about 605 to 561 b.c. | Nebuchadezzar |
| Israelite leader;led the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan; according to the Bible, he recieved the 10 commandments from God. | Moses |
| An ancient poem from mesopotamia | Epic of Gilgamesh |
| a sleepy town on the tigris river. | niveveh |
| A country in Southwest Asia. | Israel |
| the site of the earliest known Civiazation; located in mesopotamia in present day Iraq. | Sumer |
| a river in Iraq and Turkey | Tigris River |
| Tribes of settlers who arrived in the region became known as the Chaldeans | chaldeans |
| according to the Bible, a code of laws given to the Isaelites by God | 10 commandments |
| A rich trade prot and the major city of, Phoencicia, located on the eastern meditterranean sea in the present-day southern lebanon | Tyre |
| an ancient region in present day,Lebanon | Phoenician |
| a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines;used to write several languanges in Fertile Cresent. | cuneiform |
| A historical of Northern Mesopotamia , around Present-day Iraq and Turkey. | assyrians |
| A branch of Science, that studies planets, stars, the moon and other objects in the universe. | astronomy |
| Ancient parchment manuscripts containing the earliest version of the first few books in the bible. | dead sea scrolls |
| a river flowing south from turkey through syria and Iraq | Euphrates river |
| located to the right of the Tigris River | Zagros Mountains |
| a scattering of people who have a common background | Diaspora |
| King of babylon from about 1792 to 1750 B.C creator of the babylonian empire; est. one of the oldest codes of law. | Hammurabi |
| A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia located in present-day southeast Iraq. | Ur |
| a binding agreement | Covenant |
| An organized list of laws or rules. | Code |
| A group of traders traveling together. | Caravan |
| The belief in more then one god. | Polythesium |
| a region occupied by the ancient Israelities also known as Palestine, located between the Jordan River, Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. On the site that includes present day Israel and part of Jordan. | Canaan |
| the capital city of modern Israel;a holy city for Jews, Christians andMuslims. | Jerusalem |
| many territories of people who are controlled by one government | Empire |
| meaning to traverse or pass | Hebrews |
| a market selling different kinds of goods. | Bazaar |
| King of Assyria conquered Babylonia and founded the last great Assyrian dynasty. | Sargon |
| a temple of the ancient Sumererians and Babylonians, made of terraces conescted by ramps and stairs roughly in the shape of a pyramid. | Ziggurat |
| The chariot is the earliest and simplest type of carriage, used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples. | Chariot |
| a tradional story in someone culture, a legend that explains peoples beliefs | myth |
| to force someone to live with another country. | Exile |
| A time when there is so little food thst many people starve | Famine |
| a set of symbols that represents the sounds of a language. | alphabet |
| the belief in one god. | Monethesim |
| was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia | babylon |
| a city with its own traditions and and its own government and laws, both a city and a sperate independant state. | city-state |
| a professional writer. | scribe |
| a religioud leader who told the Israelts what got wanted them to do. | prophet |
| is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world's most sacred rivers.[ | Jordan River |
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