Chapter 2 Land of Canaan

Rivers of the Fertile Crescent

Compare the Israelites with their neighbors
Moses
priests
Solomon,
Who built the temple at Jerusalem built
the law
The most important social unit in Israel

Abraham’s home

Father of Israel’s

The first king of Israel
Saul
Jerusalem
Samaria

The year Assyria capture the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel .

Diasapor
Cyrus
Hammurabi

Moses

Prophets

Theocracy
Judges

David

Saul

Patriarchs

Phoenician cities

The first to use iron famous for their trade

Famous for traveling long distances by ship

purple dye

Epic of Gilgamesh

Assyrian capital
The King of the Chaldeans
The Babylonians/ Chaldeans were overthrown by?

the Lord’s anointed The “Royal Road,”

Essay: Explain why Israel in spite of its small size was a very important nation and still is today?
Identify three laws found in Hammurabi’s law code. What can these laws teach us about what the Amorites thought were important. How do they differ from our own values?
What three lessons did God want the Israelites to learn during their stay in the wilderness?

Chapter One Sumer of Mesopotamia

Be ready to identify the following

Archeologists
Leonard Wooley
Sumer’s natural resources

Religion

Imports

Exports

Scribe

King

Cuneiform

Cylinder seal

Stylus

Lapis Lazuli

Nanna

Polytheism

Sumerian Education

Sumerian City-State

Monotheism

Theocracy

Ur

Mesopotamia section on page 12

Geographical factors that influence life in Mesopotamia