| Term | Definition |
|---|
| What was Nineveh famous for? | Its Library |
| When was writing developed in Mesopotamia? | 3100 B.C. |
| The Torah set out many laws for the Israelites including | How food should be prepared |
| A ziggurat was a | Temple |
| Who taught the Hebrew people to practice monotheism? | Abraham |
| Which of the following made Babylon rich? | trade |
| Which of the following was NOT true of a city-state in Mesopotamia? | It had its own culture and language |
| hen the Romans drove the Israelites away from their homeland, they scattered all over the world. This is known as the | Diaspora |
| scribe | professional writer |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in southwest Asia, site of first civilization |
| city-state | a city that is also a separate and independent state |
| polytheism | belief in many god |
| myth | a traditional story that explains someone's beliefs |
| empire | man territories and peoples controlled by one government` |
| Babylon | capital of Babylonia, city of great wealth and luxury |
| caravan | group of traders traveling together |
| bazaar | market selling different kinds of goods |
| battering ram | powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels |
| code | an organized list of laws and rules |
| Hammurabi | king of Babylon, 1792-1750 BC, creator of Babylonian empire |
| cuneiform | groups of ledges and lines used to write several languages of the fertile crescent |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| famine | time when there's little food, many starve |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of language |
| covenant | promise made by God |
| Moses | israelite leader whom the Torah credits with leading the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan |
| prophet | a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for god or for a god |
| diaspora | scattering of people who have common beliefs |
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