| A | B |
|---|
| Ancestor of the language spoken in Europe and India | Indo-European |
| The first to make weapons of iron | Hitties |
| Age that followed the Bronze Age | Iron Age |
| Area where the Hittites settled | Asia Minor |
| A civilization of explorers and traders | Phoenitia |
| Color that was called royal because it was so expensive | purple |
| The Phoenicians were known as the carriers of | civilization |
| What the writing system of the Phoenicians was based on | an alphabet |
| Civilization that later adopted the Phoenician writing system | Greeks |
| The promised land of the Hebrews | Canaan |
| Hebrew king who defeated the Philistines | David |
| The Hebrew flight across the Sinai | Exodus |
| Hebrew lawgiver | Moses |
| Set of moral laws | Ten Commandments |
| Early Hebrew leader who led them to the promised land | Abraham |
| From their name came the name known as Palestine | Philistines |
| Became the capital of Israel | Jerusalem |
| David's son | Solomon |
| northern part of the Hebrew kingdom | Israel |
| Southern part of the Hebrew kingdom | Judah |
| Hebrew religion | ethical monotheism |
| Torah | first five books of the Bible |
| messengers of God | Prophets |
| Three Hebrew prophets | Elijah, Deborah and Isaiah |
| Monotheism | belief in one god |
| Assryians | Use terror to control conquered subjects |
| Nineveh | Assyrian capital city |
| Nebuchadnezzar | He built the hanging gardens of Babylon for his wife |
| Civilization that began the use of coins | Lydians |
| Economic system based on the use of money | money economy |
| Darius was a leader of | Persia |
| Civilization that set up the first postal system | Persians |
| Persian religion that taught the forces of good would triumph | Zoroastrianism |
| ethical | having to do with right and wrong |
