Fertile Cresent 2 Flashcards
A loose soil carried by the river water. It made the land fertile for farming.
silt
means the land between the rivers.
Mesopotamia
The two rivers between Mesopotamia are the __________and ___________
Tigris and Euphrates
long time without rain
drought
Walls built to hold back the water of rivers or keep the river water within its banks
leeves
A system of canals that brings water to fields/crops
irrigation
the wearing away of soil or land
erosion
A strip of well-watered land in the middle east that is shaped like a cresent moon is
Fertile Cresent
droughts can cause widespread lack of food which is called a
famine
Sumerian or Babylon temples are called
ziggurat
a city that is located a little upstream from Sumer. It is also called Babel
Babylonian
Babylonian King Nebuchanezzar built a beautiful palace for his wife Amytis and it is the second oldest of the Ancient Wonders of the World. It is known as the ______________
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
historians have learned that the ___________were the first people to write down their laws
Babylonians
One of the greatest lawgivers of ancient history was the ruler ______________
Hannurabi
The worlds first effort to record laws was known as the _________________
code of law
He was a great Hebrew leader. He was born to UR. Married Sarah and had a son Isac.
Abraham
Much of what we know about the ancient Hebrews comes from their sacred writings recorded in the
Hebrew bible
located in the western part of the fertile crescent between the Jordan River and the Mediterannean Sea and also became home of the ancient Hebrews.
Canan
According to the bible, the Hebrews lived in Canan until a famine struck and forced them to move to the land of ___________for food
Egypt
God gave Moses the laws that are known as the
ten commandments
when farmers produce more food than people need it is called a
surplus
the belief in one god
monotheism
List the 3 great religions that developed in this area of Jerusalem
Christanity, Judiasm, Islam
A wise Hebrew ruler whose name means “peace”
King Soloman
_______________was a powerful king and his capital was Babylon
Hammorabi
An official writer is a
scribe
A scribe used _________to write on
stylus
BC means
before christ
