Download 7th Grade Chapter 2 Study Notes: The Fertile Crescent

7th Grade Chapter 2 Study Notes: The Fertile Crescent
 Study vocabulary (matching)
 Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because the rivers created rich
farmland.
 Hammurabi’s Code was the first laws that were written down.
 Babylon became an important center for trade because it was located between
cities to the south and north.
 Sumerian cities remained politically independent and developed into separate
city-states.
 The Medes and the Chaldeans destroyed the Assyrian Empire in 612 B.C.
 The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area
by using ships to trade with other people.
 The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people to learn to read and write.
 Writing first developed in Mesopotamia.
 The Israelites settled Canaan.
 The Persians spread religion, bureaucracy, and science through conquest and
trade.
 The Israelites worshipped only one god.
 Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
 Phoenicia became a thriving and wealthy region because they sold valuable
wood and dyed cloth.