Fertile Crescent Flashcards
Canal
A ditch to carry water to the crops
Basin
A place to store extra water (like an artificial lake)
Dike
A dirt wall to stop the river from flooding
Dam
A wall or gate to control the flow of water
Highest Social Class
King, Noble and Priest
Ziggurat
A large pyramid temple with a shrine to the god at the top
Ur Nammu
Wrote his seven laws down so people would know them
Mesopotamian Slaves
You became a slave if you owed money or were captured in war
Monotheism
The worship of only one god
Polytheism
The worship of many gods
Joseph
His brothers were jealous and sold him into slavery
The renewed covenant
God gave Moses the 10 commandments to renew the covenant
Moses
He led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt
Solomon
King of the Hebrews and built the first Temple
Jerusalem
Capital city of the Jews in Israel
Samuel
A judge who warned the Jews not to choose a king
Rabbi
A Jewish teacher
Exile
Being forced to leave your country
Diaspora
The scattering of a people across many countries
Assyrians
Conquered the northern Jewish kingdom of Israel
Hezekiah
A Jewish king who built a tunnel to outlast the Assyrians and saved his people
