fertile crescent A region of the Middle East that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea Ethics belief about what is right and wrong technological advances development of bronze for tools and weapons Hammurabi's Code a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire Exodus escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt standing army a permanent army of professional soldiers Covenant binding agreement barter trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. Hammurabi king of Babylonia polytheism worship of many gods or deities ziggurat brick, pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple Commandment order to do something city- state independant state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. Empire state containing several countries or territories Govern to control or strongly influence currency money, something used for exchange rule of law the idea that all members of society must follow the law Cultural trait idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture Cuneiform Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular shaped sysmbols to stand for ideas or things.
Torah First five books in the Hebrew Bible Mesopotamia wide flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers wheel and sail helped improve Sumerian transportation Sumerian advances in math divided an hour into 60 min and a minute into 60 seconds stele grand stone pillar tribute payment or gift to a stronger power calvary soldiers who fight while riding horses Monotheism Belief in one god Sargon created the world's first empire; the Akkadian empire Ally independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal. Irrigate to supply water to fertile crescent A region of the Middle East that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea Ethics belief about what is right and wrong technological advances development of bronze for tools and weapons Hammurabi's Code a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire Exodus escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt standing army a permanent army of professional soldiers Covenant binding agreement barter trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. Hammurabi king of Babylonia polytheism worship of many gods or deities ziggurat brick, pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple Commandment order to do something city- state independant state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. Empire state containing several countries or territories Govern to control or strongly influence currency money, something used for exchange rule of law the idea that all members of society must follow the law Cultural trait idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture Cuneiform Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular shaped sysmbols to stand for ideas or things. Torah First five books in the Hebrew Bible Mesopotamia wide flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers wheel and sail helped improve Sumerian transportation Sumerian advances in math divided an hour into 60 min and a minute into 60 seconds stele grand stone pillar tribute payment or gift to a stronger power calvary soldiers who fight while riding horses Monotheism Belief in one god Sargon created the world's first empire; the Akkadian empire Ally independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal. Irrigate to supply water to
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A region of the Middle East that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
belief about what is right and wrong
development of bronze for tools and weapons
a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire
escape of
the Israelites
from slavery in Egypt
a permanent army of professional soldiers
binding agreement
trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.
king of Babylonia
worship of many gods or deities
brick, pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple
order to do something
independant
state consisting of a city and
its surrounding
territory.
state containing several countries or territories
to control or strongly influence
money, something used for exchange
the idea that all members of society must follow the law
idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular shaped sysmbols to stand for ideas or things.
First five books
in the Hebrew
Bible
wide flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
helped improve Sumerian transportation
divided an hour into 60 min and a minute into 60 seconds
grand stone pillar
payment or gift to a stronger power
soldiers who fight while riding horses
Belief in one god
created the world's first empire; the Akkadian empire
independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal.
to supply water to
