The Fertile Crescent
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hammurabi | King of Babylon in 1792 |
| Babylonia | empire led by Hammurabi |
| Hammurabi's Code | Law code of the Babylonians |
| Assyria | Civilization that rose to power in N. Mesopotamia along the Tigris |
| Ashurbanipal | king of Assyria who built a magnificent library at Nineveh |
| Ninevah | Assyrian capital city located on the Tigris |
| conquest | defeat of another group |
| Nebuchadnezzar II | Neo Babylonia's (Chaldea) most powerful king |
| Two of Nebuchadnezzar's most famous building projects | Great Ziggurat, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon & Ishtar Gate |
| Abraham | Considered to be the 'father' of monotheism |
| Cannaan | land given to Abraham and his descendants |
| Covenent | An agreement between God and his people. |
| Moses | Led the Hebrews out of Egypt? |
| 10 Commandments | The laws given to Moses from God. |
| descendant | People born later into the same family? |
| Torah | the Hebrew Bible |
| Deborah | the female judge that became a leader among the Hebrews |
| David | United the tribes of Israel |
| Jerusalem | The capital of Israel |
| Solomon | son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom |
| synagogue | a Jewish house of worship |
| alphabet | important contribution by the Phoenicians |
| Lydians | invented the first coins |
| murex | snail that provided purple dye to the Phoenicians |
| Judaism | Abraham and the Hebrews are known as the founders of what religion? |
| synagogue | name for a Jewish house of worship |
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