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Chapter 2
Mesopotamia
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Social Studies
6th Grade
11/20/2011

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Why was Babylon the center of trade?
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Because it was at the crossroads of an important trade route.
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Why was Hammurabbis code important?
Definition
Because it was the first code of laws and identified punishment for specific crimes.
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What are some of the major events of the Israelites?
Definition
1. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt.(exodus) 2. Crossing of the Red Sea 3. Received the Ten Commandments.
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Why is Phoenicia important?
Definition
The created the first alphabet. They were the first to establish trade routes on the seas.
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Who conquered the Assyrians?
Definition
The Medes and Chaldeans.
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What were some of the important contributions of the Fertile Crescent people?
Definition
1. Hammurabis Code
2. Improved farming
3. Established the first cities
4. Developed the first shipping routes
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How did geography help the Fertile Crescent.
Definition
Its location between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers make it soil rich for farming. Its location between Asia and Africa made it an important trade route.
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Scribe
Definition
Professional writer
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City State
Definition
Combination of a city and a state with traditions government and laws.
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Polytheism
Definition
The belief in many Gods.
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Myth
Definition
A legend that expands peoples belief
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Ziggurat
Definition
Stone temples for the city state.
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Empire
Definition
Many people and territories controlled by one goverment.
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Caravan
Definition
Groups of travellers
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Bazaar
Definition
Marketplace
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Sumer
Definition
Site of the earliest civilizations.
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Mesopotamia
Definition
Area between the Tigris and Euphrates river.
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Fertile Crescent
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Banana shaped region of the earliest civilization.
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Code
Definition
A written organized list of laws.
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Nebuchadnezzar II
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King of New Babylon
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Babylon
Definition
All of Mesopotamia and beyond.
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Assyria
Definition
Small warrior kingdom north of Babylon
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New Babylonian Empire
Definition
Second rising of the Babylonian empire.
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Cuneiform
Definition
A form of writing using triangles wedges and lines.
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Hammurabi
Definition
King of Babylon, established oldest code of written laws.
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Covenant
Definition
A binding agreement.
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Prophet
Definition
A religious person that was though to tell the future.
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Diaspora
Definition
The scattering of exile people.
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Abraham
Definition
First leader of the Israelites.
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Morals
Definition
Your personal standards of right and wrong
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Ideals or Values
Definition
Ideals of your life.
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Ethics
Definition
Combined morals values and personal rules you live by.
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