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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scribe | a profeshtional writer |
| abraham | a religious leader who told the israelites what god wanted them to do. |
| isreal | a couontry in southwest asiaa |
| nebuchadezzer | king of new babylonian empire from 605 to 561 bc |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
| prophet | |
| chaldeans | overthrew assyria in 612bc |
| sumer | a region ocupied by the ancient isrealties also knownas palestine located between the jordan river medertaranian sea and the dead sea on a site that includes presant day isreal and part of jordan |
| dead sea | a salt lake between Isreal and jordan ; the dead sea is the lowest point on earth |
| assyrains | center of babylon empire |
| empire | many terrorists and people who are controled by the government |
| solomon | king of the isrealites after david |
| sargon | a historic kingdom of northern mesopotamia around present day iraq and terky |
| persian gulf | an arm of the arabian sealocatedbetween the arabianpeninsula and southwest iran |
| pininsula | king of assyrain concored baylonand founded the last great assyrain dynasty |
| Jordan River | one of the most sacred rivers; river which jesus was babtised |
| tyre | first letter of the isrealitys ; according to the bible, he led his family to cannan whare he became the founder of a new nation |
| Zagros Mountains | largest mountain range in iraq and iranover900 miles long with peakers over1200 ft. |
| myth | a very long story about a sumerian hero |
| babylon | a city of anciant sumer in southern mesopotamia, located in present day southeast iraq |
| canal | whare 2 or more rivers meet |
| cuneiform | a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages |
| phoenins | a rich tradeort and a major cityof phoenicia located ont he eastern medertaraniansea in presin present day southern lebanon |
| moses | isrealites leader; led the from egypt to canaan ; according to the bile, he recived the ten commandment from god |
| astronamy | the branch of science that studies the plants, stars, moons and other objects in the universe |
| epic of gilgamesh | the site of the earliest known civilisation located in mesopotamia in present day southern iraq; later became babylonia |
| black sea | north sea |
| king david | king of the isrealitesafter saul |
| chariot | the chariot is the eirliest and simplest type of carriage |
| Tigris River | a river in iraq and turky |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| diaspora | the scartering of people who have a comon background or belief |
| tributy | feeder river; river that feeds into a larger river |
| torah | the most scared text of the isrealites that recorded lawsand events and history |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
| hebrews | the jewish people: the tribe the jewish people came from |
| mesopotamia | an anciant region between the tigris riverand eufrates river in southwest asia |
| city state | a citywith its own traditions and its own government and laws; both acity and seperate independent state |
| nineveh | capital of assyria |
| hammurabi | king of babylon from1792 to 1750 bc: creater of babylonian empire; established one of oldest code of law |
| jerusalim | the capital city of modern isreal; aholy city for jews, christians, and muslims |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| dead sea scroles | a triditional story; in some culturesa ledgend that explains peoples beliefs |
| confluence | ancient parchment manuscripts containing the earliest versian of the first few books of the bible |
| eurphrates river | a river flowing south from turkeythrough Syria and iraq |
| 10 comandments | according to the bible a code of law given to the isrealites by god |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| ur | an anciant region in present day lebon |
| caravans | a group of people traveling together |
| ziggrat | a temple of the anciant sumerians and babylonians made of terraces connected by ramps and stairs, roughly in the shape of a pyramid. |
| monothiesm | the belife in one god |
| polythiesm | the belief in many gods |
| code | an organisedlist of lawsand rules |
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