general questions

Question 1

attractions that drew people to mesopotamia

Answer 1

• fertile soil that was left behind after both the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers overflowed. Farmers would have excellent, fertile soil to which their crops would grow and be plentiful.
• a great location for trade. It was also called “the crossroads of the world” and through people journeying through the area different people brought new ideas, new foods, etc. into the region..

Question 2

the code of Hammurabi

Answer 2

282 laws

was to create common bonds among the diverse people of the society

Question 3

Specifics about each culture we talked about

Answer 3

Hittites- iron 
Sumerians- wheel and sail
Persians- conquer Babylon
lydians- used coins for trade  
Assyrians- fertile crescent

Question 4

What was the Great Severing

Answer 4

Assyrians invade

Question 5

Old Testament Judges

Answer 5

samson samual jael Deborah gideon

Question 6

The Israelite influence

Answer 6

diaspora

Question 7

Differences between a pyramid and a ziggurat

Answer 7

ziggurat was grooved sides and worship. pyrimid was leaving bodies to rot

Question 8

important Israelites in chronological birth order

Answer 8

Sargon Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar and cyrus the great