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Mesopotamia 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| canaan | area where the Hebrews first lived; corresponds roughly to present-day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel and was also known as Phoenicia. |
| Judaism | the religion practiced by the Hebrews |
| Torah | sacred text of the Bible; the first five books of the Bible |
| empire | large area of city-states controlled by one ruler |
| Akkad | a Mesopotamian city-state |
| Sargon | an Akkadian conqueror |
| scribe | a writer |
| stylus | a wedge shaped instrument made out of reed used to write on clay tablets |
| Polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| edubba | a Sumerian school where young boys learned reading, writing, and arithmetic |
| Assyrians | very harsh people who exploited the use of iron weapons to build their Mesopotamian empire, which lasted less than 100 years. |
| BCE | "Before the common era". (an alternative to "Before Christ",abbreviated BC) |
| CE | An alternate name for "Anno Domini" which is Latin for "in the year of our Lord" |
| Babylon | means"gate of god"; an empire formed by Hammurabi. |
| levees | raised areas of earth constructed to hold back the flood waters |