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History
Fertile Cresecent
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monotheism | -Belief in one god |
| Polytheism | -Belief in multiple gods |
| Judaism | -found in the hebrew bible, considered by Jews and Christians |
| Moses | -rose to lead the Israelites |
| Abraham | -mentioned in the first book of the Hebrew Bible |
| Ashur+Nineveh | -Assyria's largest cities |
| Hammurabi | -Babylon's King |
| Decade | -10 year span |
| code of law | -a written collection of laws that apply to the people ruled by one government |
| Mount Sinai | -a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt |
| Jerusalem | - a city in central Israel west of the Dead Sea, has been a place of pilgrimage and worship for Christians, Jews and Muslims since the biblical era |
| Sargon | -ruled Sumer for about 56 years |
| Gilgamesh | -Gilgamesh is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, a poem that is considered the first great work of literature |
| Mesopotamia | -ruled Sumer for about 100 years |
| Assyria | -a large kingdom to the north of Sumer |
| Canaan | -a region in the Ancient Near East. |
| Tigris/Euphrates River | -the main rivers in Mesopotamia |
| Ten Commandments | -also known as the Decalogue, are a set of commandments which the Bible describes as having been given to the Israelites by God at biblical Mount Sinai |
| Torah | -the central reference of the religious Judaic tradition, there are 5 books |
| Diaspora | -Jews living outside of Israel |
| Israel | -a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea, is regarded by Jews, Christians and Muslims as the biblical Holy Land |
| Prophet | -a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God |
| Aqueduct | -an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley |
| Irrigation | - the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture |
| Solomon | -the King of Israel, and he son of David |
| David | -the second King of Israel |
| Levee | -an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river |
| Silt | -fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor |
| Erosion | -the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural causes |
| Time Line | -a way of displaying a list of events |
| Cuneiform | -Sumer's official writing system, using drawings as symbols |
| Scribe | -Official Writers, write laws, stories, events |
| Ziggurat | -a tall flattened pyramid at the top of a temple |
| Covenant | -an agreement |
| Empire | -an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, emperor or empress |
| city-state | -a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state |
| Egypt | -a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East |
| Drought | -a long period of time without water |
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