Fertile Crescent Review

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  1. 3. Israelite king who brought wealth to Israel through trade and built a temple where his people could worship their god
  2. 5. the first major sea-trading empire known for its alphabet
  3. 7. Egyptian picture writing in which some pictures stand for ideas/things & others stand for sounds
  4. 10. the title of the kings of ancient Egypt
  5. 12. early form of paper made from a reeds that grew along the Nile River
  6. 13. Babylonian king who conquered all of Mesopotamia and developed the first written code of law
  7. 14. the earliest part of the Stone Age
  8. 15. river that forms the eastern boundary of Mesopotamia
  9. 17. it refers to all the years after zero on a timeline and refers to the same time as "Common Era"
  10. 20. region of land suitable for farming that stretches from Egypt to the Persian Gulf
  11. 21. led his people from southeastern Mesopotamia to Canaan (modern-day Israel)
  12. 22. the belief in many gods
  13. 26. king who united upper and lower Egypt
  14. 27. Egyptian belief that a person's spirit lives on after death in a world of pleasure and ease
  15. 29. having more than what is needed
  16. 32. a time when there is so little food that many people starve
  17. 33. the place at the mouth of a river where soil is deposited and the land often forms a triangular shape
  18. 34. a city that is ruled like an independent country with its own ruler and culture
  19. 35. a waterfall or an area of rock-filled rapids
  20. 36. time periods of stability in ancient Egypt
  21. 37. king known for rebuilding the city of Babylon and for his beautiful hanging gardens
  22. 38. tombs for Egyptian pharaohs
  23. 39. a large empire ruled by a single ruler and may include many different cultures, languages, and traditions
  24. 40. Age the latest part of the Stone Age
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  1. 1. the northern part of ancient Egypt, including the delta of the Nile where it enters the Mediterranean Sea
  2. 2. the belief in one god
  3. 4. process that stemmed from Egyptian religious beliefs and allowed Egyptians to learn a lot of medical knowledge about the human body
  4. 6. the first civilizations developed here, along with the world's first written language
  5. 8. markets for trade
  6. 9. civilization that developed a 60-second minute and a 60-minute hour
  7. 11. a set of symbols that represents the sounds of the language
  8. 16. without this river Ancient Egypt would not have existed
  9. 18. civilization that developed the first monotheistic religion, Judaism
  10. 19. it refers to all the years before zero on a timeline and refers to the same time as "Before Christ
  11. 23. the Egyptian method for developing medicines from plants
  12. 24. a system for supplying the land with water when there is not enough rain
  13. 25. known for its fierce warriors, it was the largest of the Mesopotamian civilizations
  14. 28. world's first written language, composed of lines and wedges
  15. 30. capital city of Israel
  16. 31. female pharaoh developed trade for Egypt and famously refused to pass the throne to her stepson
  17. 35. "promised land" of the Israelites