| A | B |
|---|
| built tombs for dead people | Egyptians |
| Egyptian rulers | pharaohs |
| Sumerian system of writing | cuneiform |
| Sumerian rulers | priests and kings |
| Babylonians | created an important set of laws |
| Phoenicians | sailors who explored the Mediterranean Sea |
| Hebrews/Jews | believed in one god |
| Persians | conquered most of the Middle East and parts of Europe |
| Egyptian system of writing | hieroglyphics |
| Persians | built roads and used coins for money |
| Phoenician system of writing | alphabet |
| Judaism | religion of the Jews |
| Palestine | the land to where the Jews returned; present day Israel |
| Jerusalem | the capital of Palestine |
| Egypt | the land where the Jews were slaves |
| ships | built by the Phonecians to trade with other civilizations |
| food | the reason the Jews went to Egypt |
| honesty and kindness | values taught by the Ten Commandments |
| The Old Testament | historical books about the Hebrews of long ago |
| historical book for Christianity religion | Bible |
