Chapter 2 The Fertile Crescent

Which people were a great sea power?

The early Israelites recorded events and laws in a text that is called

Why was Babylon a natural crossroads of trade?

A powerful weapon mounted on wheels was a

Moses taught that God would lead the Isrealites

The oldest known writing is

The belief in one god

Which of these was a military innovation of the Assyrians?

what attracted people to the fertile crescent?

Who led the Isrealites to develop a belief in one god?

A religious leader who speaks for God

Most ancient people thought that gods were connected with certain places. However, the Isrealites believed that God was

The capital of an empire that stretched from present-day Turkey to the Persian Golf was

to force someone to live in another country

A region in Southwest Asia

one of the major events in the history of the Isrealites was

Under Hammurabi, all people were equal before the law

Cuneiform consists of symbols that can express ideas as well as the names of objects, people or places

a set of symbols that represent the sounds of langauge

The laws that Isrealites believe God gave them through Moses are called the

The shape and size of a tablet for writing depended on the

Because the cities in Sumer were seperated by long stretches of desert land

in order to trade goods, a(n) ________ travels between cities

Unlike many ancient peoples, the early Isrealites thought of their rules human instead of as

Babylon became an important center of trade because it was

An Isrealite leader who the Torah credits with leading the Isrealites from Egypt to Canaan

Cotton cloth and spices were sold in the

The scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs

What was the main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states?

The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient world to

A profesional writer

Under Hammurabi's Code, there were laws to cover

Although Sumerian city-states shared language and culture, how were they independent?

What do Judaism, Christianity and Islam have in common?

Hammurabi's Code was significant because

The first Alphabet was developed by

In 1612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans Joined forces to

King Hammurabi set down rules for everyone in his empire to follow

Belief in many Gods

Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region

A city with its own traditions, government and laws

A binding agreement

Which statement was true of Hammurabi's code?

Hammurabi's laws were called a code because they were written in a secret language

The Romans drove the Isrealites out of their Homeland in the year ______

a time when there is so little food that many people starve

A sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces, because

Judaism had an important influence on these two later religion's _____ and _____

What kid of material did the scribes of Mesopotamia use for writing?

When many territories and people are controlled by one government, that government is called

The Isrealites originally left Canaan for Egypt because

What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient people?

Which statement best describes the status of women under ancient Israelite law

Civilization developed in the fertile crescent because

Who united Sumer's city-states into one large empire?

Early in Isrealite history, a judge named _______ won honor and respect

Why were scribes important people in Sumer?

Cuneiform was used only in writing government documents