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Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Key Terms and People

QuestionAnswer
What is a region of rich farmland? Fertile Crescent
What is the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers? Mesopotamia
What is a Sumerian temple made of sun-dried brick? A Ziggurat
What is a political unit that includes a town or a city and the surrounding land controlled by it? City-State
What is the worship of many Gods called? Polytheism
What is a series of rulers all from one family? Dynasty
A Sumerian writing Cuneiform
The first ruler that created an army that was Akkadian? Sargon
Several tribes that spoke related languages. Indo-Europeans
An arid grassland. Steppes
The most famous Chaldean king and was both a warrior and a builder. Nebuchadnezzar 11
A monothesis religion originating with the Israelites. Judaism
The most sacred text of Judaism. Torah
A Shepard that lived in Mesopotamia. Abraham
A solemn promise. Covenant
Ancestral fathers. Patriarch
A leader that was born in the Israelite but raised in the pharaoh's palace. Moses
The journey that Moses took to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Exodus
The scattering of the Jews outside Judah. Diaspora
The belief in one God. Monotheism
A Persian leader in 559 BC that would change everything. Cyrus the Great
The leader of Persia after Cyrus. Darius 1
A governor. Satrap
The son of Darius 1 and was an Emperor, he also tried to invade Greece. Xerxes
A religion based on the teachings of a man named Zoroaster. Zoroaster
the belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces, good and evil. Dualism
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