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Fertile Crescent
ALL Key Terms, Places and People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| code | an organized list of laws or rules |
| cuneiform | a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages in the Fertile Crescent |
| Hammurabi | king of Babylon from about 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.; creator of the Babylonian empire; established one of the oldest codes of laws |
| caravan | a group of travelers travelling together |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government |
| Babylonia | an ancient region around southeastern Mesopotamia and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; now present day Iraq |
| Assyria | a historical kingdom of northern Mesopotamia around present-day Iraq and Turkey |
| New Babylonian empire | a revival of the old Babylonian Empire stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea |
| scribe | a professional writer |
| city-state | a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| myth | a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs |
| Sumer | the site of the earliest known civilization; located in Mesopotamia, in present-day southern Iraq; later become Babylonia |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southwest Asia |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in Southwest Asia; site of the world's first civilization |
| Tigris River | the northern river in Iraq and Turkey |
| Euphrates River | the southern river flowing from Turkey through Syria and Iraq |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of language |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| Phoenicia | an ancient region in present-day Lebanon |
| Israel | a country in Southwest Asia |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the Israelites what God wanted them to do. |
| diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs |
| Abraham | first leader of the Israelites; according to the Bible, he led his family to a new land, Canaan, where he became the founder of a new nation |
| Nebuchadnezzar II | king of the New babylonian empire from about 605 B.C. to 561 B.C |
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