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fertile crescent vocab
Question | Answer |
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scribe | a profesional writer |
covenant | a binding agreement |
Dead Sea | a salt lake between Israel and Jordan; the Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth |
ziggurat | a temple of the ancient sumerians and babylonians |
Zagros mountains | a line of mountains near mesopotamia |
phoenicia | an ancient region in present day lebanon |
King David | king of the Isrealites after Saul |
tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
Mesopotamia | an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southwest Asia |
polytheism | the beleif in many gods |
confluence | where 2 or more rivers meet |
Abraham | first leader of the Irealites |
famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
Assyrians | people who lived in the empire of Assyria |
Persian gulf | an arm of the Arabian Sea located between the Arabian Peninsula and southwest Iran |
myth | a legend that explains peoples beleifs |
Moses | Isrealite leader; led the Isrealites from Egypt to Canaan |
chariot | the chariot is the earliest and simplest type of carriage |
Torah | the most sacred text of the Isrealites that recorded laws and events of their history |
city-state | a city with its own government, traditions, and laws both a city and an independant state |
Euphrates River | a river flowing from Turkey through Syria and Iraq |
Israel | a country in southwest asia |
prophet | a religious leader who told the Isrealites what God wanted them to do |
empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government |
peninsula | an area of land nearly surrounded by water |
Babylon | a historical kingdom of northern Mesopotamia around present day Iraq and Turkey |
Sinai Peninsula | a peninsula on the northern end of the Red Sea that links southwest Asia and northeast Africa |
astronomy | the branch of science that studies the planets, stars, moon, and other objects in the universe |
Tigris River | a river in Iraq and Turkey |
alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
Nineveh | capital of assyria |
10 commandments | according to the Bible, a code of laws given to the Isrealites by god |
exile | to force someone to live in another country |
Canaan | a region occupied by the ancient Isrealites, also known as Palestine |
Chaldeans | overthrew Assyria in 612 b.c. |
Solomon | king of the Isrealites after David |
Jordan River | a river near present day northwestern Jordan |
Canal | a waterway dug into the earth or modified by people to transport water or people |
Epic of Gilgamesh | a very long story about a Sumerian hero |
bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
Hebrews | people before Isrealites |
Hammurabi | creator and first king of the Babylonian empire |
monotheism | the beleif in one god |
Nebuchadnezzar | king of New Babylonian empire from 605 to 561 b.c. |
Sumer | the site of the earliest known civilization located in mesopotamia in present day southern Iraq later became Babylonia |
Sargon | King of Assyria conquered Babylonia and founded the last great Assyrian dynasty |
code | an organized list of laws and rules |
Tyre | a rich tradeport and major city of Phoenicia on the eastern mediteranean sea |
Cuneiform | a form of writing using groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent |
Black Sea | a sea near present day northwestern Turkey |
diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or belief |
caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
Jerusalem | the capital city of modern Israel; a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims |
Dead Sea Scrolls | ancient Parchment manuscripts containing the first version of the first books of the Bible |
Ur | a city of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia located in present day southeasrt Iraq |
archives | official documents |
Baghdad | a city in Iraq; is the capital of Iraq |
Iraq | a republic in southwest Asia; west of Iran; capital: Baghdad |
battering ram | an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls |