Asian History

2. the word ______________ means "between rivers" in Greek. Home to the ancient civilizations of Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia these peoples are credited with influencing mathematics and astronomy.
4. The ____________ Empire was a giant empire that arose in Southwest Asia that was built upon tolerance and wise government.
6. an important contribution of the Phoenicians to writing...
7. a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols

1. Hammurabi established a collection of laws that became known as “Hammurabi’s __________.”
3. belief in one god
4. a belief in many gods
5. was neither a city nor a country. Rather, it was a collection of separate cities with a common way of life. They shared a common culture. Historians believe this is the site of the world's oldest civilization