| Term | Definition |
|---|
| drought | a long period of dry weather |
| Famine | widespread lack of food |
| surplus | extra supply |
| barter | trade of one kind of product for another without the use of money |
| Fertile Crescent | strip of well watered land in Middle East shaped like a quarter moon |
| Mesopotamia | land between rivers |
| city-state | self-governing city and the lands surrounding it |
| ziggurat | temples built by Sumerians to honor their gods and goddesses |
| Code of Hammurabi | first set of recorded laws; also know as |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian king who created first Code of Laws |
| Sumer | home of the Sumerians; located in Southern Mesopotamia |
| Babylon | located upstream from Sumer; the people built a very strong empire here |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing created by Sumerians |
| nomad | person who travels in search of his/her food;no permanent home |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | created by the Babylonians;one of the Seven Wonders of the World;not sure if this actually existed |
| Tigris | This river stretches into parts of Syria |
| Euphrates | One of twin rivers;located on to the east of the Tigris |
| Judaism | This religion was developed by the Hebrews;followed by more than 17 million people, known as Jews |
| Ten Commandments | Laws given to Moses from God |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| monotheism | belief in only one god |
| Abraham | great Hebrew leader |
| Moses | was given 10 commandments by god;great Hebrew leader |
| Solomon | had a reputation for wisdom;created sayings called proverbs |
| Canaan | land given to Hebrews;located in the western part of the Fertile Crescent |
| Mount Sinai | site where 10 commandments were given |
| Jerusalem | city where Solomon grew up;his father David was king of this land |
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