Ch. 3 Review Old World history

Nomadic Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula

• Bedouins

• Hittites

• Persians

• Middlemen

Continent that does not meet at the Middle East

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia

• Asia

In ancient times, millstones were used for?

• Pressing Olive oil

• Grinding grain

• Baking bread

• Planting grain

Most people of the Middle East do this after they ate at noon

• Prepared for the next meal

• Read books

• Played games

• Rested

Phoenicians most valuable contribution to the world

• Maps

• Alphabet

• Blown glass

• Murex

What did the Phoenicians make from murex

• Purple dye

• Blown glass

• Papyrus

• Boats

City that was an important Phoenician trading post in northern Africa

• Babylon

• Nineveh

• Carthage

• Byblos

People were early empire builders

• Israelites

• Phoenicians

• Hittites

• Lydians

Powerful ruler who controls an empire

• Emperor

• Chief

• Captain

• President

Country that made the first coins

• Lydia

• Assyria

• Phoenicia

• Persia