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mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a salt lake between Isreal and Jordan;sea is the lowest point on earth. | dead sea |
| an arm of the aribian penninsula and southwest Iran | persian gulf |
| capital of assyria | Ninveh |
| a rich tradeport and a major city of phoencia, located on the eastern mediteranian sea in present day southern lebanon | tyre |
| a river flowing south from turkey through syria and iraq | Euphrates river |
| a blinding agreement | covent |
| many territories and people who are controlled by one government | empire |
| a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains peoples beliefs | myth |
| one of the most scared rivers; river in which jesus was baptized | Jordan river |
| north sea(greek) | Black Sea |
| a country in southwest asia | Isreal |
| an acient region in present day labanon | phomicians |
| largest mountain range in iraq and iran over 900 miles long with peakes over 1200 ft. | Zagros mountains |
| an organized list of of laws and rules | code |
| the jewish people; the tribe the jewish people came from | hebews |
| to force someone to live in another country | exile |
| King of Isrealites after Saul | King David |
| an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates river in southwest asia | mesopotamia |
| the sites of the earliest known civilization; located in mesopotamia, in present day southern iraq; later became Babylonia | sumer |
| a form of writting that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent | cuneiform |
| the scattering of people who have a common background or belief | diaspra |
| a group of traders traveling together | caravan |
| a market selling different kinds of goods | bazzar |
| a time when there is so little food that many people starve | famine |
| king of isrealites after david | solomon |
| kind of new Bbylonian empire from 605 to 561 bc | nebuchadnezzer |
| a river in iraq and turkey | Tigirs river |
| a historical kingdom of nothern mesopotamia around present day iraq and turkey | Assyrians |
| king of Babylon from 1792 to 1750 bc; creator of babylonian empire; established one of the oldest laws | Hammurabi |
| a belief in many gods | polytheism |
| king of assyria, conquered babylonia and found the last great assyrian dynasty | saragon |
| a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language | alphabet |
| a proffensional writter | scribe |
| the most sacred text of the isrealites that recorded laws and events of their history | torah |
| isrealite leader; led the isrealites from egypt to canaan; according to the bible, he recieved the ten commandments from god | moses |
| overthrew assyrian in 612bc | chaldeans |
| the branch of science that studies the plants, stars, moon, and other objects in the universe | astromney |
| a city of ancient sumer in southern mesopotamia, located in present day southeast iraq | UR |
| a region occpied by the ancient isrealites, also known as palestine, located between the jordan river,mediteranean sea and the dead sea, on site that includes the present day isreal and part of jordan | canaan |
| a temple of the ancient sumerians and babylonians, made of terraces connected by ramps and stairs, roughly in the shape of a pyramid | ziggerate |
| the belief in one god | monotheism |
| a relgious leader who told the isrealites what god wanted them to do | prophet |
| first leader of the isrealites; according to the bible, he led his family to canaan, where he became the founder of a new nation | abraham |
| a very long story about a sumerian hero | epic of giligomesn |
| according to the bible, a code of laws given to the isrealites by god | 10 comandments |
| ancient parchment manuscripts containing the earliest version of the first few books of the bible | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| a capital city of modern isreal; a holy city for jews, christians, and musims | serusalem |
| the chariot is the earliest and simplest type of carriage | chariot |
| center of babylonian empire | Babylon |
| a city with its own traditions, government and laws;both a city and seperate independent state | city-state |
| where 2 or more rives meet | confluence |
| feeder river, river that feeds into a larger river | tributary |
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