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msopotamia
| Answer | question |
|---|---|
| persion gulf | an arm of the arabian sea, located between the arabian peninsula and southwest iran. |
| ninevah | capital of assyria |
| tyre | a rich tradeport and a major city of phoenicia, located on the eastern mediteranean |
| euphrates river | a river flowing south from turkey through syria and iraq |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government. |
| myths | a traditional story; in some cultures,a legend that explainspeoples belives |
| jordan river | one of the most sacred rivers; river inwhich jesus was baptized |
| black sea | north sea(greek) |
| issrial | country in southwest asia |
| phoenians | an ancient region in present day lebanon |
| zigris mountians | largest mountian range in iraq and iranover 900 miles long with peaks over 1200ft. |
| code | an organized list of laws and rules |
| hebrues | the jewish people; the tribe the jewish people came from. |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country. |
| king david | king of the israelites after saul. |
| fertile cresent | an ancient region between the tigris and ephrates river river in southwest asia |
| sumer | the site of the earliest known civilization; located in mesopotamia, in present day southern iraq;later became babylonia. |
| peninsula | a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines;used to write several languages of the fertile cresent. |
| diaspora | th scattering of people who have a common background or belief. |
| carovar | a group of traders traveling together. |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods. |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve. |
| soloman | king of the israelites after david. |
| nebachadnezzar | king of new babylonian empire from 605 to 561bc. |
| tigris river | a river in iraq and turkey. |
| syria | a historical kingdom of northern mesopotamia around present day iraq and turkey. |
| hammurabi | king of babylon from 1792 to 1750 bc; creator of babylonian empire; established one of the oldest code of law. |
| polythiesm | the belief in many gods. |
| zorgon | king of assyia, conquered babylonia and fouded the last great assyrian dynasty. |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of s lauguge. |
| scribe | a proffetional writer |
| torah | the most sacred text of the israelies that recorded laws and events of thier history. |
| mosses | israelite leader; led the israelites from egypt to canaan; according to the bible, he recieved the ten commandments from god. |
| chalans | overthrew assyrian in 612bc |
| astronomy | the branch of science that studies the planets, stars, moon and other objects in the universe. |
| UR | a city of ancient sumer in southern mesopotamia, located in present day southeast iraq. |
| canana | a region occupied by the ancient israelites, also known as palestine, located between the jordan river, mediteranean sea and the dead sea,on a site that includes present day isreal and part of jordan. |
| ziggarat | a temple of the ancient sumerians and babylonians, made of terraces connected by ramps and stairs, rouphly in the shape of a pyrimid |
| menotheism | the belief in god. |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the israelites what god wanted them to do |
| abraham | first leader of the israelites, according to the bible, he led his family to cannan, where he became to founder of a new nation. |
| myth | a very long story about a sumerian hero. |
| ten commandments | according to the bible, a code of laws given to the israelites by god. |
| dead sea scrolls | ancient parchment manuscripts containing the earliest verson of the first few books of the bible. |
| jerusum | the capitol city of modern israel; a holy city for jews, christians and muslims. |
| chariot | the chariot is thee earliest and simpilest type of carrige. |
| babylonia | center of babylonian emire. |
| city state | a city with its own traditions and it own government and laws; both acity and seperate indapendent state. |
| confluence | where 2 or more rivers meet. |
| tributary | feeder river, river that feeds into alarge river. |
| dead sea | a salt lake between isreal and jordan; the dead sea is the lowest point on earth. |