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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? |
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| 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? |
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| 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? |
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| The created the first alphabet. They were the first to establish trade routes on the seas. |
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| Who conquered the Assyrians? |
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| What were some of the important contributions of the Fertile Crescent people? |
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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. |
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| 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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| Combination of a city and a state with traditions government and laws. |
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| A legend that expands peoples belief |
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| Stone temples for the city state. |
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| Many people and territories controlled by one goverment. |
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| Site of the earliest civilizations. |
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| Area between the Tigris and Euphrates river. |
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| Banana shaped region of the earliest civilization. |
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| A written organized list of laws. |
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| All of Mesopotamia and beyond. |
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| Small warrior kingdom north of Babylon |
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| Second rising of the Babylonian empire. |
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| A form of writing using triangles wedges and lines. |
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| King of Babylon, established oldest code of written laws. |
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| A religious person that was though to tell the future. |
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| The scattering of exile people. |
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| First leader of the Israelites. |
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| Your personal standards of right and wrong |
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| Combined morals values and personal rules you live by. |
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