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Question | Answer |
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a salt lake between Israel and Jordan;the dead sea is the lowest point on earth | Dead Sea |
an arm of the arabian sea,located between the arabian peninsula and southwest iran | Persian Gulf |
capital of assyria | Nineveh |
a rich tradeport and a major city of phoenicia,located on the eastern mediteranean sea in present day southern lebanon | Tyre |
a river flowing south from turkey through syria and iraq | Euphrates River |
a binding agreement | Covenant |
many territories and people who are controlled by one government | Empire |
a traditional story;in some cultures,a legend that explains people's beliefs | Myth |
one of the most sacred rivers; river in which jesus was baptized | Jordan River |
north sea(greek) | Black Sea |
a country in southwest asia | Israel |
an ancient region in present day lebanon | Phoenicians |
largest moutain range in iraq and iranover900 miles long with peakes over1200 ft. | Zagros Mountains |
an organizied list of laws and rules | Code |
the jewish people; the tribe the jewish people came from | Hebrews |
to force somone to live in another country | Exile |
king of the israelites after saul | King David |
an ancient region between the tigris and euphrates river in southwest asia | Mesopotamia |
the site of the earliest known civilization;located in mesopotamia,in present day southern iraq;later became babylonia | Sumer |
a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines;used to write several languages of the fertile cresent | Cuneiform |
the scattering of people who have a common background or belief | Diaspora |
a group of traders traveling together | Caravan |
a market selling different kinds of goods | Bazaar |
a time when there is so little food that many people starve | Famine |
king of the israelites after david | Solomon |
king of new babylonian empire from 605 to 561 bc | Nebuchadnezzar |
a river in iraq and turkey | Tigris River |
a historical kingdom of northern mesopotamia around present day iraq and turkey | Assyrians |
king of babylon from 1792 to 1750 bc ;creator of babylonian empire;established one of the oldest code of law | Hammurabi |
the belief in many gods | Polytheism |
king of assyia,conquered babylonia and founded the last great assyrian dynasty | Sargon |
a set of symbols that represent the sounds ofa language | Alphabet |
a proffesional writer | Scribe |
the most sacred text of the Israelites that recorded laws and events of their history | Torah |
Israelite leader;led the Israelites from egypt to Canaan;according to the bible,he received the ten commandments from God | Moses |
overthrew assyrian in 612bc | Chaldeans |
the branch of science that studies the planets,stars,moon and other objects in the universe | Astronomy |
a city of ancient sumer in southern mesopotamia,located in present day southeast iraq | Ur |
a region occupied by the ancient israelites,also known as palestine,located between the jordan river,mediteranean sea and the dead sea,on a site that includes present day israel and part of jordan | Canaan |
a temple of the ancient sumerians and babylonians,made of terraces connected by ramps and stairs,roughly in the shape of a pyramid | Ziggurat |
the belief in one god | Monotheism |
a religious leader who told the israelites what god wanted them to do | Prophet |
first leader of the Israelites;according to the bible,he led his family to Cannan,where he became the founder of a new nation | Abraham |
a very long story about a sumerian hero | Epic of Gilgamesh |
according to the bible,a code of laws given to the israelites by god | 10 Commandments |
ancient parchment manuscripts containing the earliest version of the first few books of the bible | Dead Sea Scrolls |
the capitol city of modern israel;a holy city for jews,christians and muslims | Jerusalem |
The chariot is the earliest and simplest type of carriage | Chariot |
center of babylonian empire | Babylon |
a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws;both acity and seperate indapendent state | City-State |
where 2 or more rivers meet | confluence |
feeder river,river that feeds into a larger river | tributaries |