| A | B |
|---|
| hominid | Early human-like creature |
| history | the written record of human history |
| ziggurats | temples built by the Sumerians for political & religious ceremonies |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians |
| Hittites | ancient civilization that used iron tools & weapons |
| Persians | ancient civilization that controlled large areas of land called provinces |
| Moses | the Jewish leader who led his people out of Egypt |
| monotheism | the belief in one God |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| Suleiman | Ottoman ruler, known as the "Lawgiver" |
| Abraham | father of Judaism |
| land bridges | allowed hominids to travel from continent to continent during Ice Ages |
| Sumerians | the first civilization to develop in the Fertile Crescent |
| Muhammad | founder of the religion of Islam |
| Mongols | a fierce non-Muslim group that killed the last Abbasid caliph and destroyed the city of Babylon |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| trade | a major source of income for Muslim Empires, also a way the religion of Islam was spread |
| Shah Jahan | Mughal ruler who built the Taj Mahal |
| Tigris & Euphrates | The two rivers of Mesopotamia... area where the first civilization developed |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian ruler who developed a set of laws for his people |
| Africa | The birthplace of man |
| agriculture | This developed during the late Stone Age as people settled in river valleys and domesticated animals |
| Nile River Valley | Place where Egyptian civilization developed |
| writing | The Sumerians developed this first system allowing trade to flourish. |
| Judaism | The oldest monotheistic faith. |
| Babylonian king | Hammurabi was the best known... |
| Gospels | The major source of information about the man known as Jesus of Nazareth is the... |
| Islam | A monotheistic faith started by the prophet Muhammad in Arabia around 600 A.D. is... |
| Constantinople | Capital of the Ottoman Empire was... |
| Mughal Empire | Babur the Tiger was the first leader of the... |
