Ancient Israel Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• phoenicians : prosperous sea traders who established a great network of trading posts.
• amalekites : group of people that were defeated because of god's power flowed through moses' staff
• assyrians : the people to whom the northern kingdom and the hittites fell in the 700s b.c.
• joshua : the leader of israel after moses' death
• saul : 1st earthly king
• northern kingdom : israel; fell to the assyrian empire in the 500s b.c.
• tyre : one of the independent phoenician cities
• mountsinai : place where god made a covenant with moses.
• samuel : leader who warned israel against the dangers of having an earthly king.
• jericho : fortified city that fell at the sound of trumpets and shouts.
• asiaminor : area between the black sea, mediterranean sea, and the euphrates river.
• hattusas : hittite city burned by the assyrians.
• chaldeans : the people to whom the southern kingdom fell in the 500s b.c.
• southern kingdom : judah; fell to the chaldean empire in the 500s b.c.
• solomon : the king who asked god for wisdom
• david : the king who led israel to the peak of its greatness
• moses : leader who received the 10 commandments at mt. sinai
• hittites : group of people who controlled an empire in asia minor and who used their resources for war and conquest.
• sideon : one of the independent phoenician cities
• jordan river : the river god parted to allow israelite to cross over into canaan
• carthage : phoenician trading post which grew into a large city.