chap 2

B.C. means

A.D. means

c. means

what provides a thread to follow through history

the scattering of people over the earth

part of the world where the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe

father of the nation of Israel

Ur was one of the most important cities in the land of

Sumer was part of an area in the Middle East known as the ______ ______ because of its ability to grow crops and because its shape resembles a crescent moon

two rivers that make the Fertile Crescent fertile

Tigris means

Euphrates means

land between the rivers

Sumerians were a ______ people

conquered the Sumerians

the Sumerians were the first people in the world to have used this

the Sumerians greatest accomplishment

they were the first people ______ the flood to have used writing

what did the Sumerians use to write on clay tablets

wedge-shaped writing

Sumerians were what type of worshipers