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Fertile Crescent Flashcards

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What bodies of water is the Fertile Crescent between

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The Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.

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What is the Fertile Crescent

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An ancient area of fertile soil stretching in an arc from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates River.

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What is the Torah

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The Jewish holy book

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Where do most Jews live

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Israel and North America

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What is the name of the religious laws

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The Ten Commandments

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Who was the founder of Judaism

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Abraham

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Who were the first believers in monotheism

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Hebrews

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Name three monotheistic religions

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

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What time period were the Phoenicians around

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1200 B.C- 146 B.C.

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What two things were the Phoenicians best at

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Sailing and trading

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What were two things the Phoenicians traded

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Murex and purple dye

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What was the Phoenicians natural resource

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Cedar wood

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What was the Phoenicians greatest contribution

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The alphabet

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The Phoenicians had from Egypt: _____, North America: _____, and Cyprus: _____,

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Egypt: ivory
N. America: salt
Cyprus: copper

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Traders or invaders, and where from: Phoenicians

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Traders,

Lebanon

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Traders or invaders and where from: Hebrews

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Traders,

Israel & Canaan

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Traders or invaders and where from: Hittites

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Invaders,

Asia Minor

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Traders or invaders and where from: Assyrians

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Invaders,

Northern Tigris Area

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Which sea did the Phoenicians sail around

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The Mediterranean

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Which people had the 10 commandments

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The Hebrews

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The first five books of the Hebrew bible is called this

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The Torah

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What did the Hittites have that was similar to Hammurabi’s

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A law code

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Which people excelled in the technology of weapons

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The Hittites

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The Hittites had superior _____ and ______ weapons

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Chariots,

iron

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Which people were skilled in physiological warfare

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The Assyrians

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What did the Assyrians have, containing over 2000 clay tablets

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A palace library

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Who was known for brutality in warfare, and their military corps of engineers

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The Assyrians

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What does the T in TORAH stands for

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Torah

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What does the O in TORAH stand for

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Oh, most Jews live in Israel and N. America

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What does the R in TORAH stand for

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Religious laws= Ten Commandments

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What does the A in TORAH stand for

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Abraham= founder of Judaism

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What does the H in TORAH stand for

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Hebrews= first believers in monotheism

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