Mediterranean Kingdoms Chapter 5

They were sailors and traders

They used the stars to navigate

Carthage one of the largest Phoenicians cities

They invented an alphabet

Phoenicians invented a purple dye

Believed in one god (Yahweh)

Moses led them out of Egypt

Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai

Abraham was the father of the Israelites

Jerusalem was the capital city

Canaan was called the Promised Land

Continuous fighting between Israelites and the Philistines

Jerusalem became a mighty city under King Solomon

Kingdom split after Solomon's death

Northern kingdom called Israel

Southern kingdom called Judah

Egyptians, the Hittites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and Persians all fought for control of Jerusalem

2,500 years since the Babylonians destroyed the temple still fighting in Jerusalem

Babylon capital stood on the banks of the Euphrates River

Hammurabi was a great king

Hammurabi created a systems of laws. Code of Hammurabi

Harsh punishment for breaking the law. "eye for an eye"

Code of Hammurabi can be seen at the Louvre museum in Paris

Hittites had a sceret weapon

Only kingdom to use iron weapons

Hittites and Egyptians sign treaty to keep the peace

They were another warrior nation

Best trained army in the ancient world

Assyrian kings were harsh rulers

Assyrian civilization was a military one

Build machines called siege engines to beat down city walls and gates

Captured people became slaves

Built fine buildings and statues

Built machines to lift water from the Tigris River into canals

Among the first to have a library