wedge-shaped writing used in Mesopotamia. They wrote it on clay tablets

Babylonian king who created the first written code of laws.

king of Chaldea (2nd Babylonians) who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia. He built the Hanging Gardens

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

belief in a single God

belief in multiple Gods

the city plus the surrounding farmlands

the special line of work you have adopted as your career

a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

the act of introducing something new

a multi-level temple built in Ancient Mesopotamia and placed in the center of the city.

Most ancient civilizations had this type of government. Ruled by a king.

producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates

boomerang-shaped land area where the first civilization began

They were the first to have iron weapons and they conquered the 1st Babylonians

They were the first to use irrigation and invented the wheel. Conquered by the 1st Babylonians

The leader of a Sumerian city-state. People believed that this person knew the will of the gods.

The Tigris and Euphrates flow into this body of water.

The modern nation where Mesopotamia once existed.

A civilization in the area of present day Lebanon, creators of the first alphabetic writing system; traders of purple cloth, had cedar trees

To exchange goods or services without the use of money

The purchasing of goods/services with the use of money.

an amount of something available for use

Quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.

Father of the Jews/Hebrews

Led the Hebrews out of Egypt and was given the Ten Commandments

The current country given as a homeland for the Jews in 1948.

Jewish holy book

Jewish book of laws

Also known as the "twin rivers" of Mesopotamia

place surrounding the ziggurat where people shopped.

system of watering crops which made Mesopotamian farmers very successful

writing system where a symbol represents a sound; invented by the Phoenicians

King who built the holy temple in Jerusalem; it was destroyed by the Nebuchadnezzar.