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fertile crescent vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scribe | a profesional writer |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| Dead Sea | a salt lake between Israel and Jordan; the Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth |
| ziggurat | a temple of the ancient sumerians and babylonians |
| Zagros mountains | a line of mountains near mesopotamia |
| phoenicia | an ancient region in present day lebanon |
| King David | king of the Isrealites after Saul |
| tributary | a river or stream that flows into a larger river |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southwest Asia |
| polytheism | the beleif in many gods |
| confluence | where 2 or more rivers meet |
| Abraham | first leader of the Irealites |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
| Assyrians | people who lived in the empire of Assyria |
| Persian gulf | an arm of the Arabian Sea located between the Arabian Peninsula and southwest Iran |
| myth | a legend that explains peoples beleifs |
| Moses | Isrealite leader; led the Isrealites from Egypt to Canaan |
| chariot | the chariot is the earliest and simplest type of carriage |
| Torah | the most sacred text of the Isrealites that recorded laws and events of their history |
| city-state | a city with its own government, traditions, and laws both a city and an independant state |
| Euphrates River | a river flowing from Turkey through Syria and Iraq |
| Israel | a country in southwest asia |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the Isrealites what God wanted them to do |
| empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government |
| peninsula | an area of land nearly surrounded by water |
| Babylon | a historical kingdom of northern Mesopotamia around present day Iraq and Turkey |
| Sinai Peninsula | a peninsula on the northern end of the Red Sea that links southwest Asia and northeast Africa |
| astronomy | the branch of science that studies the planets, stars, moon, and other objects in the universe |
| Tigris River | a river in Iraq and Turkey |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
| Nineveh | capital of assyria |
| 10 commandments | according to the Bible, a code of laws given to the Isrealites by god |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| Canaan | a region occupied by the ancient Isrealites, also known as Palestine |
| Chaldeans | overthrew Assyria in 612 b.c. |
| Solomon | king of the Isrealites after David |
| Jordan River | a river near present day northwestern Jordan |
| Canal | a waterway dug into the earth or modified by people to transport water or people |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | a very long story about a Sumerian hero |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| Hebrews | people before Isrealites |
| Hammurabi | creator and first king of the Babylonian empire |
| monotheism | the beleif in one god |
| Nebuchadnezzar | king of New Babylonian empire from 605 to 561 b.c. |
| Sumer | the site of the earliest known civilization located in mesopotamia in present day southern Iraq later became Babylonia |
| Sargon | King of Assyria conquered Babylonia and founded the last great Assyrian dynasty |
| code | an organized list of laws and rules |
| Tyre | a rich tradeport and major city of Phoenicia on the eastern mediteranean sea |
| Cuneiform | a form of writing using groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent |
| Black Sea | a sea near present day northwestern Turkey |
| diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or belief |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| Jerusalem | the capital city of modern Israel; a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims |
| Dead Sea Scrolls | ancient Parchment manuscripts containing the first version of the first books of the Bible |
| Ur | a city of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia located in present day southeasrt Iraq |
| archives | official documents |
| Baghdad | a city in Iraq; is the capital of Iraq |
| Iraq | a republic in southwest Asia; west of Iran; capital: Baghdad |
| battering ram | an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls |
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