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TERMDEFFONITION
archives a place where public records or other historical documents are kept
Jerusalum The capital city of modern Israel; a holy city of Jews, Christians and muslums
assyrians people from assyria
battering ram an ancient military divice with a heavy horizantle ram for battering down walls
coverant a building agreement
King David king of the isrelites fter saul
UR A city of ancient sumer in southern meesapotamia, located in present day southeast iraq
Ziggurat a reigion occupied by the ancient israelites, also known as plantine, located between the jordan river, mediteranean sea and the Dead Sea, one a ite that includes present day isreal and part of jorddan river
chariot The chariot is the earlist and simplist tyee off carrige
phoenician a native or inhabitant
nineveh capital of assyria
empire a group of nations or peoples ruled over by one an empire
phoenicians a native or inhabitant
israel the country in southwest asia
hebrews the Jewish people; the tribe the Jewish people came from
exile to force someone to live in another country
canaan a religion occupied by the ancient Israelite' also known as Palestine, located between the Jordan river, mediterainian sea and the dead sea, on a site that includes present day Israel and part of Jordan
monotheisum the belief in god
prophet a religious leader who told the Israelites when what god wanted them to do
Epic of Gilgamesh a very long story about a sumerian hero
babylon center of the babylonian empire
confluence where one or more riverns meat
tributary feeder river; river that feeds into a large river
cuneiform a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages of the fertile cresent
diaspora the scattering of people who have common backgrounds or beliefs
caravan a group of traders traveling together
bazaar a market selling different kinds of goods
famine the time when there is so little food that many people starve
nebuchadezzer king of new babylonian empire from 605 to 561 bc
assyria a historical kingdom of northern mesapotamia around present day iraq and turkey
polytheisum the beliefs in many gods
saragon king of assyria, conquered babylonia and founded the last great assyriam dynasty
scribe a proffectional writer
moses israelite leader; led the israelites from egypt to canaan; according to the bible' he received the tem commandments from god
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