'The land between two rivers'
Which present day country is NOT part of the region that was once known as the Fertile Crescent- Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Iran?
The Tigris and Euphrates River flow inton which body of water?
long periods of dry weather
How did Mesopotamia's floods benefit farmers? Bring misfortune?
System of writing invented in Sumer.
_________ emerged as a region in the time that Menes unified Egypt.
The Sumerians were the first to put their _______ into writing before any other society.
What are three advantages to society of having a written code?
What made New Babylon magnificent?
The first Jews were the descendents of ___________, later called Israelites.
The Hebrew Bible is still honored today by which three major religions?
What does the Bible say God gave Moses on Mount Sinai?
What drove the Hebrews out of their 'promise land' of Canaan and into Egypt?
What did the Torah demand of the Hebrew people toward God?
Large building with a temple on its peak.
A self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages.
Weekly day of rest, prayer, and study.
First five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the ______, comes from the word meaning 'to teach.'
Was wanted for murder and had to flee Egypt.
Early Sumerian mythical hero.
What were the houses in Sumerian cities made of?
Name 2 inventions of the Sumerians
What beliefs did the Sumerians hold about Gilgamesh. (name 2)
Describe what an epic is.
What is Mesopotamia?
What is Egypt?
What is the Persian Gulf?
What is drought?
open ended: should include the floods brought silt and water for crops. They could come at the wrong time, destroying already planted crops, or they could come on too powerfully, costing lives and homes.
What is cuneiform?
What is Sumer?
What is laws?
open-ended (must be 3)
Open-ended: should include massive walls, a 100-foot-tall ziggurat, gridded streets, a sewer system, 'hanging gardens' see p 114 as reference
Who is Abraham?
What is Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
ten commandments
What is famine and the hope of food?
What is that they worship Him as the one God?
What is Ziggurat?
What is city-state?
What is Sabbath?
What is the Torah?
Who is Moses?
Who is Gilgamesh?
What is mud bricks?
calendar based on the moon and stars, the wheel, a system of writing
Open-ended: 'strong as an ox', all-knowing, a great builder, part god and part man, strongest and best fighter
open-ended: a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
