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Voc. 2

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: an autonomous state consisting of a city and surrounding territory City-States
belief in or worship of more than one god polytheism
the doctrine or belief that there is but one God monotheism
a person who domesticates animals for food and clothing and moves along regular migratory routes to provide a steady source of nourishment for those animals pastoral nomads
semicircle of fertile land stretching from SE coast of Mediterranean around Syrian Desert N of Arabia to Persian Gulf Fertile Crescent
an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top; also: a structure or object of similar form ziggurats
Code of Hammurabi
zoraster
the body of wisdom and law contained in Jewish Scripture and other sacred literature and oral tradition the five books of Moses constituting the Pentateuch a leather or parchment scroll of the Pentateuch used in a synagogue for liturgical purposes torah
dominated by men patriarchal
government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided theocracy
pluraloften capitalized: the gods of the Greek and Roman pantheon immortals
the territory or jurisdiction of a satrap satrapy
: the governor of a province in ancient Persia satrap
: a succession of rulers of the same line of descent dynasty
: a body of nonelective government officials bureaucracy
a system of hieroglyphic writing; specifically: the picture script of the ancient Egyptian priesthood —often used in plural but singular or plural in construction hieroglyphics
the most common of the warious titles for ancient Egyptian monarchs: the term originally meant " Great house", or "Palace" pharoahs
: the pith of the papyrus plant especially when made into strips and pressed into a material to write on papyrus
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