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Fertile Crescent a region of rich farmland that curves from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf centered on the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia the area that lies between th Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Southwest Asia
Ziggurat a Sumerian temple made of sun-dried brick that was dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a particular city-state
city-state a political unit that includes a town or a city and the surrounding land controlled by it
Polytheism the belief in many gods
dynasty a family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary
cuneiform Sumerian writing
Sargon a ruler that created an army and took over Sumer and northern Mesopotamia
Indo-Europeans a group of semi-nomadic people who migrated from southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent around 1700 BC
Steppes arid grassland
Nebuchandnezzar the most famous Chadlean King
Judaism religion of Hebrews
Torah the first five books of the Hebrew Bible; the most sacred texts of the Jewish faith
Abraham the person that god lead to the promise land; he was a shepard that lived in Mesopotamia
Covenant a binding agreement; solemn promise
Patriarch an ancestral "father" of Judaism
Moses lead the Israelies out of Eygpt
Exodus the journey which Moses lead Israelies out of Eygpt; the escape from Egypt
Diaspora the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine during the 2,600 years that followed the destruction of the Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC by the Chaldeans
Monotheism the belief in one god
Cyrus the Great Persian King, led a revolt against the Medes
Darius leader of Persia
Satraps governors of ancient Persia
Zoroaster taught that the world had been created by a god named Ahura Mazda
Dualism the belieg that the world is controlled by two opposing forces good and evil
Hammurabi Amorite king; became babylon king
Xerxes son of Darius
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