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World History & You
Ch. 4 Other People of the Ancient Middle East
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mediterranean Sea | A sea surrounded by africa, Europe, and Asia. |
| Phoencians | a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. |
| Jews | one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism |
| Persians | of or relating to ancient and recent Persia |
| Alphabet | the letters of a language |
| Palestine | Also called Holy Land. Biblical name Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia |
| Israel | a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948 |
| Religion | a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances. |
| Judaism | belief in and conformity to this religion, its practices, and ceremonies. |
| Moses | the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egypt and delivered the Law during their years of wandering in the wilderness. |
| Desert | a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all |
| Ten Commandments | the precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai |
| Bible | the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion |
| Old Testament | the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible |
| Europe | a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and Caspian seas on the SE |