Study cards for Mesopotamia unit test
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| Abraham | Known as the father of Judaism
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| Moses | Prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Eygpt
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| Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire, creator of the Code of Hammurabi,one of the world's oldest codes of law
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| Solomon | He was the son of King David and he built a great temple in Jerusalem
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| Cuneiform | A system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds,ideas and objects; developed in ancient Sumer
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| Plateau | an area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land
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| Famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in starvation and hunger
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| Polytheism | The belief in many god's and goddesses
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| Monotheism | belief in one god
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| Drought | a long period of of dry weather
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| Ziggurat | a large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities, a temple made of mud & brick
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| City-state | a self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages
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| Judaism | the religion of the Jewish people
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| Diaspora | The scattering of Jews to many parts of the world
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| Irrigation | the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes
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| Torah | the first five books of the Hebrew Bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism
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| Ten Commandments | the core beliefs of the Jewish religion
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| Iraq | The modern-day country where Mesopotamia was located
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| One reason it's called "Fertile Crescent" | Shaped like a quarter moon
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| Tigris & Euphrates | The 2 rivers Mesopotamia was located between
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| Mesopotamia | The Greek word for "between the rivers"
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| Code of Hammurabi | The first written laws.
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| "Eye for Eye" justice | Whatever you do wrong to someone will be your punishment. (ex. cause someone to loose and eye, you will have your eye removed
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| Monotheism (belief in one God | The MAIN difference between Judaism and other religions back then.
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| 2nd reason it is called "The Fertile Crescent"? | The Fertile land is due to the rivers and the silt left behind after the river floods
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