Vocabulary Flashcards
Fertile Crescent
Green fertile land from Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea
Mesopotamia
Land between the rivers, Euphrates and Tigris
Sumer
The worlds first civilization (recorded) which was in Mesopotamia
ziggurat
pyramid temples with a shrine to a particular god or goddess
hierarchy
system of ranking groups
cuneiform
the first non-hyrogliph system of writing
Saragon
Built and ruled the first empire
Hammurabi
King of Babylon, Hammurabi’s code.
codify
to arrange and set down in writing laws which would govern a state.
criminal law
dealing with murder, assault, and theft.
civil law
dealing with private rights and matters
Nebuchadnezzar
aggressive and ruthless babylonian king
bureaucracy
a system of government with various departments run by elected officials.
barter economy
people exchange goods and services for other goods and services
money economy
people exchange goods and services for tokens of an agreed value
zoroaster
Persian leader who united the empire and taught about a single god.
colony
a territory settled and ruled by people from another land
alphabet
a system of writing that uses symbols to represent a single basic sound
monotheistic
worshiping one god
torah
The Jewish people’s most scared text
abraham
The Father of Jeruselum, followed god’s plan for him and left his home, to find Judea.
covenant
God’s promise with the Jewish people
Mosses
renewed God’s covenant with the Isrealites
David
Strong and wise second king of israel
