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- 6. This practice lead to specialized workers and was a way to obtain limited resources for a group of individuals.
- 7. This means "land between the rivers" in Greek and lays in the eastern end of the Fertile Crescent.
- 10. The empire of Assurbanipal spanned the Fertile Crescent from the ____________ ______________ to the Mediterranean Sea.
- 11. According to historians, who controlled early governments since they knew how to please city gods and keep Ur safe?
- 14. What was Hammurabi determined to promote with his laws?
- 15. These people were known as religious teachers, and the Jews believed that they were messengers sent to reveal God’s will to the them.
- 17. What is the land the Jews believed God promised them called and is now modern day Palestine?
- 21. The Jews believed that the Ten Commandments of the Bible formed a _________ between the gods and them.
- 22. In Hammurabi’s Code, this principle uses the phrase, “Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
- 23. Hammurabi recognized that a single, uniform would help ______ the diverse groups of his empire.
- 24. This was the Sumerians' way of writing. The letters in this writing were written in a wedge-like shape.
- 26. This is the prophet’s emphasis upon proper conduct.
- 29. This place is a multi-tiered structure and means “mountain of god.”
- 30. The Persians built an empire based on _____________ and a wise government.
- 31. These individuals, who dwelled in the Asia Minor, were the first people to learn how to smelt iron.
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- 1. How many fundamental principles did Hammurabi’s Code use?
- 2. Why did nomadic raiders leave Ur in ruins?
- 3. This is a type of complex institution in which priests took charge of.
- 4. What did Babylon become when Hammurabi became king of Mesopotamia?
- 5. What brought Sumer’s downfall?
- 8. What marked the end of the Mesopotamian empires?
- 9. Where did Moses lead the Jews out of slavery?
- 12. What was one important tool that was used to hold Darius’ empire and made trading easier?
- 13. Who was the most powerful king of Israel?
- 16. What laws gave women certain rights?
- 18. The Sumerians believed that the souls of the dead went to this place.
- 19. Southwest Asia later was united culturally, so modern scholars refer to it as ________ _____________ ____________.
- 20. These are the laws from God that Moses delivered to his people from praying on Mount Sinai.
- 25. After the Chaldeans made Babylon their capital, what was it remarkable for?
- 27. These people were nomadic raiders who invaded Mesopotamia and made Babylon their capital.
- 28. This was a religion that stood out from all the others because it emphasized on justice, morality, and an individual relationship with god.