| A | B |
|---|
| Tigris and Euphrates | rivers which form Mesopotamia |
| Persian Gulf | Tigris and Euphrates flow here |
| Iraq | present-day Mesopotamia |
| Sumer | southern Mesopotamia |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing |
| city-states | self governing cities surrounded by walls |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| ziggarats | places of worship |
| Sargon | united city-states of Sumer into one empire |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian king who wrote code of laws |
| wheel, glass, bronze | invented in Mesopotamia |
| Old Testament | history of Jewish people |
| Canaan | promised land |
| Israelites | descendents of Abraham |
| Moses | led Jews out of captivity in Egypt |
| 10 Commandments | laws given by God to Moses |
| Torah | first five books of Bible |
| David | first king of Israel |
| Solomon | had temple built in Jerusalem |
