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Chapter 2
The Ancient Middle East
Term | Definition |
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city-state | a city surrounded by smaller villages |
temple | a place in which to honor gods, ziggurat |
priest | a religious leader |
cuneiform | the writing invented by Sumerians, pictures |
translate | to change the words of one language into those of another |
reign | to rule, the period of time a king or queen rules |
fertile crescent | the area in the Middle East shaped like a quarter moon (crescent) where one of the earliest civilizations developed |
Bible | the Hebrew and Christian book that is thought to be holy |
famine | a time when crops do not grow and there is no food |
commandment | a rule, or a way to act |
Judaism | the religion of the Hebrews that Jews practice today |
covenant | an agreement |