WH - Unit 2 - Assyria / Persia / Phoenicia

Ancient region where Judaism originated.

• Canaan

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Persia

Holy book of Judaism

• Koran

• Bible

• Tanakh

• Vestas

First five books of the Hebrew Bible

• New Testament

• Torah

• Bible

• Koran

Founder of Judaism

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Moses

• Abraham

Sea trading civilization of the Mediterranean that developed extensive trade networks as well as an early alphabet.

• Persians

• Phoenicians

• Egyptians

• Assyrians

Warlike people who came into power in Mesopotamia after overthrowing the Babylonians.

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Phoenicians

• Assyrians

Capital of the Assyrian Empire

• Nineveh

• Memphis

• Carthage

• Persepolis

One of the world's first libraries, built by the Assyrian King Ashurbanipal.

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Library of Nineveh

• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

• Lighthouse of Alexandria

Assyrian king who started the Assyrian Empire's violent rise to power.

• Cyrus the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashurbanipal

• Sennacherib

Leader of the Chaldeans (Babylonians), he built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

• Cyrus the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashurbanipal

• Sennacherib