Middle East Vocab Word Scramble
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Civilization | A high level of cultural and technological development, expecially when systems of writing and record keeping have been created. |
Religion | The service and worship of God or the supernatural. Commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance. |
Secular | Kept separate from religion, as in a secular government or state. |
Polytheism | The belief in many gods. Polytheism characterizes virtually all religions other than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which share a common tradition of monotheism, the belief of one God. |
Monotheism | It is the belief in one god. The three best known Montheistic faiths are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. |
Fertile Crescent | An arch-shaped area in the Middle East from the Persian gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys and along the Mediterranean Sea. |
Mesopotamia | The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; from the Greek word that means "between two rivers". |
Sumer | The country of the Sumerians on the Plain of Shinar near the Persian Gulf. |
Akkad | Country of the Akkadians where the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers are close together. |
Semitic | The language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. |
Ziggurat | A temple-tower that was the center of a Sumerian city. |
Society | A voluntary asociation of individuals for common ends; especially: an organized group working together or periodically meeting because of common interests, beliefs, or profession. |
Dynasty | A series of rulers of the same family or line. |
Empire | A system in which a central power (one power) controls a number of territories. These are ruled by emperors. |
Theocracy | Government ran by religious leaders deriving power from an ultimate source usually a god or gods. |
Kingdom | An area associated with or regarded as being under the control of a particular person or thing. |
Dictator | One person ruling a government, usually by force, or in times of crisis. |
Babylonia | Kingdom that covered all of Mesoptamia. |
Nebuchadnezzar II | At his time the greatest ruler of the second Babylonian Empire. |
Iron | A strong metal that can be extracted from certain kinds of rocks and made into tools and building materials. |
Smelting | The process of extracting metal from ore. Ore is a source from which valuable mater is extracted. |
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