Question | Answer |
what place describes it's location? | mesopotamia |
what was the main temple of the gods of the city? | ziggurat |
what is the name of the land that stretched in and are from the mediterranean sea to the persian gulf? | Fertile Crescent |
what was the name of vthe greatest kiung of the new Babylonian Empire? | Nebuchadnezzar |
what is an area of many territories and people that are cfontrolled by one government? | empire |
what was another name fo market? | bazaar |
what was the proper term for a group of traders traveling together? | caravan |
what empire did King Sargon rule? | Assyria |
what was an organized list of laws or rules? | code |
what was a form of writing that used groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languagesof vthe Fertile Crescent? | cuneiform |
what was a unit of weight or money used in ancient Greece and Asia? | mina |
what was a set of laws created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, telling his people how to livew and settle conflicts? | Hammurabi's code |
what, in certain societies, is a person of high rank, sometimes inheritted through family connections | noble |
what was thw way the Phoenicians found to write using 22 symbols called | alphabet |
"according to the bible a leader named abraham led his peopleto a beleif in god." what was this practice called? | monotheism |
what was another meaning for scarce food and starvatiion called? | famine |
what was another word to use when someone forces people to live in another country? | exile |
what was an ancient region in present day lebanon called? | Phoenicia |
What is it called when it was believed God made a binding agreement with Abraham? | covenant |
Who was the first Isrealite leader | Abraham |