Mesopotamia
vocab quiz on Ancient Mesopotamia
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- Mesopotamia
- Ancient land between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates.
- Moses
- lead Isrealites out of Egyptian captivity, recieved 10 commandments
- Prophet
- one who declares publicly a message that one belives has come from God.
- Surplus
- An extra supply
- Scribe
- person who writes something
- Monotheism
- A belief in one God
- Monarchy
- System in which king or queen rules
- Ziggurat
- Largest building (temple) in Sumarian city made out of mud bricks
- Sargon
- warrior and first known conqueror of Mesopotamia
- Agriculture
- Farming plants and animals
- Phoenicia
- Ancient place located in present day Syria and Lebanon
- labor
- work done by an employee or laboror
- Canaan
- Ancient region located between Jordan River and Medeterrianean sea
- Social class
- A group that has an amount of importance
- Empire
- Conquered land of people and places ruld by one govenor
- Deborah
- prophet
- Covenant
- Agreement
- Babylonia
- Ancient kingdom in lower Tigris and Euphrates river valley
- Abraham
- Earliest ansestor of Israelites
- Hammurabi
- king of Babylon, He made the code of Hammurabi which is a complete listing of laws
- Nomad
- A person who moves from one place to another
- Phoenicians
- People that lived in Phoenicia in anicent times and developed the alphabet and advanced sailing technology
- Civilization
- Society with forms of religion, governing, and learning
- Israel
- Ancient kingdom on East Medeterranean coast. Jews believe that it was holy
- Archaeology
- science about past human life and anicent monuments