CHAPTER 16

BIRTHPLACE OF

A CIVILIZATION

MESOPOTAMIA ……….. LAND BETWEEN THE ________________

*Located between the __________ and the ___________ Rivers…

*Part of the ______________ ______________...

*Built city-states like _____ which held up to ______ people…

*_________ (step like towers with a _________ at the top) were

built in the __________ of each city…

*Mesopotamia’s religion was _______________ (many ______) and

the religious leaders were also the government leaders

(theocracy)…

*The ___________ were the first people to write down laws and

____________ using a form of writing known as ___________...

*Akkad and ____________ were city-states that became empires…

*________________, Babylon’s greatest king, wrote the oldest code

of ___________ into stone…

EGYPT – GIFT OF THE _______________

*The ___________ River is in northeast Africa and it flows north

___________ miles into the ______________ Sea…

*Egyptian rulers were called ___________ which means “great

____________”…

*Pharaoh’s were buried in tombs called ________________...

*The Egyptians wrote using ______________ and used the

________________ plant to make ____________...

*A stone tablet called “____________ _____________” helped

scientists put meaning to hieroglyphics…

*Egyptian contributions included ____________, calendars, and

_________________...

THREE WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM, _________________, ISLAM

_______________ is the belief in one supreme _________. Before Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all religions were ______________

(many gods)……

Judaism is the ___________ of the three. Started in _____________ Asia by Abraham and a small group of people known as the _____________. Holy book is the ____________. Moses, an early prophet, received the ___________ ____________________.

Christianity started in Southwest ___________ among the Jews. Later it spread to non-Jews and became one of the major influences of Western Civilization. A Jew named ___________ taught that God loved al people, even sinners. He told people that if they placed their trust in ___________, they would be forgiven. Jesus’ message was opposed by the Jews and he was ____________ by the _________ in A.D. 30. His disciples claimed that Jesus rose from the dead and that he was the ______ of God. The message spread and today Christianity has ________ followers than any other religion. Holy book is the _________.

Islam is Arabic for “_________________ to the will of God/Allah”. Muslims believe that ___________________ (A.D. 570) is the last and greatest prophet of Islam (Abraham, Moses, and __________ were the others). The holy city of Makkah (______________) and the holy shrine, __________, are in ____________ _____________. The holy book of Islam is the _______________ (Koran). The Quran presents the ___________ Pillars of ______________. The reward for fulfilling these religious duties is ________________.