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| Fertile Cresent | a fertile region in soutwestern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia |
| Tigris river | a river in soutwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Cresent |
| Euphrates River | a river in southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Cresent |
| Mesopotamia | the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations |
| Sargon | King of the city-state Kish; united the city-states of Sumer to create an empire |
| Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the worlds oldest codes of law |
| Sumer | A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia |
| Babylonia | An ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throughout the Fertile Cresent in the 1700's B.C. |
| Abraham | Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command |
| Moses | Prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt |
| Jerusalem | An Ancient city in western Asia; capital of present-day Isreal |
| Isreal | A country in western Asia, created in 1948 as a home for the Jews; ancient kingdom of Israelites |
| Isrealites | descendants of Abraham |
| Solomon | son of David |
| King David | created the city of Jerusalem |
