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History and Religion of North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia
Term | Definition |
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irrigation | process of collecting water and distributing it to crops |
city-states | independent political unit that includes a city and the surrounding area |
polytheism | belief in more than one god |
theocracy | form of government in which the leader claims to rule on behalf of a god |
cuneiform | form of writing from ancient Mesopotamia that consisted of wedge-shaped markings pressed into clay tablets |
pharaoh | name for powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
hieroglyphics | system of writing that uses small pictures to represent sounds or words |
monotheism | belief in one god |
covenant | agreement |
prophet | messenger of God |
caliph | successor to Muhammad |
terrorism | violence used against the people or government in the hopes of winning political goals |
legal | based on laws |
rely | to depend on |