The Fertile Crescent is the name of the crescent shaped region inside the arid and semi arid Asia, which is moist and fertile. What do you know about this wetland in the middle of extreme dry land? Find out below.
Monotheism
Myths
Polytheism
Scribe
Nile river made it prosperous
It was important for mining
The area was difficult to defend
The rivers created rich farmland
True
False
True
False
It was located between cities to the north and south
Ruled by a powerful ruler
Surrounded by massive walls
A site of a great library
Build the city of Nineveh
Found the overland trade route to Asia
Conquer purple snails
Destroy the Assyrian empire
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False
True
False
They were frequently destroyed by floods
They developed into separate city-states
They united under one government
They were ruled by a king of queen
The warlike Phoenicians conquered their neighbors
Gold was discovered near the city of Tyre
Phoenicia controlled access to the cities of Sumer
Phoenicians sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples
Shaped like the Crescent Moon
The Moon was out everyday all year
Hammurabi named it
The magical purple snails jumped over the moon
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False
Sumerians
Hebrews
Kings
Phoenicians
Always under attack and had great weapons
Born as ninjas
Train with Mr. King
Practice with the Lancer football team
Ms. Goulette
Abraham
Torah
David
True
False
True
False
It was only used by the scribes
All the people learned to read and write the symbols
It used only 100 symbols
It was simpler than cuneiform
Assyria
Mesopotamia
Phoenicia
Canaan
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