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S.S Middle East
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| silt | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
| city-state | a political unit consisting of a city and it's surrounding countryside |
| empire | land with different territories and different people under a single rule |
| social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shape temple in Sumir |
| architecture | the science of building |
| Hammurabi's Code | a set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon |
| chariot | a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle |
| cedar | |
| scribe | a writer |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to a land |
| canals | a human-made waterway |
| surplus | more of something than is needed |
| Division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a specific task or job |
| cuneiform | the world's first system of writing |
| pictograph | a picture symbol |
| alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
| BC/BCE | Before Christ |
| AD/CE | After Christ Died |
| Polytheism | worship of many gods |
| Monotheism | worship of only one god |
| Mecca | Place where Muslims go to worship |
| Medina | the place Muhammad and his followers moved when they left Mecca |
| Jerusalem | the holy city for Jews |
| Israel | the Jewish homeland |
| Judism | 1 God, Believes in the Holy Law, Founded by Abraham |
| Christianity | Believe in 1 God and Jesus, Follow Jesus teachings, Believe Jesus to be the Messiah |
| Islam | Fasting, Praying, Charity- believe in Allah |
| Muslim | Followers of Islam |
| Theocracy | A government ruled by religious leaders |
| Torah | The Jewish holy book |
| Talmud | a Jewish set of laws, commentaries, stories and folk lore |
| Old Testament | Christian's holy book- before Jesus |
| New Testament | Christian's holy book- during and after Jesus |
| Koran | Islam's holy book |
| Messiah | Jews believed he would be a person and would save them |
| Prophet | people who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others |
| Temple | A house of worship for the Jews |
| Mosque | House of worship for Muslims |
| Shiites | muslims who believe that the true interpretation of Islamic teaching can only come from certain leaders called imasms |
| Sunnis | Muslims who believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teaching |
| Abraham | Founder of Judiasm |
| Ismael | a religion based on the messages that Muhmmad is believed to received from god |
| Muhammad | Founder of Islam |
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