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Chapter2

Key terms and People

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Curves between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf? Fertile Crescent
Which in Greek means "between the rivers?" Mesopotamia
A pyramid shaped structure. Ziggurat
A political unit with it's own government? City State
The worship of many gods? Polytheism
A series of rulers from one family? Dynasty
A Sumerian writing Cuneiform
Became King if Babylon. A brilliant warrior, he united all of Mesopotamian what became known as the Babylon empire? Hammurabi
A group of semi-nomadic people who migrated from southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent around 1700? Indo-Europeans
Arid Grasslands? Steppers
The most famous Chaldean king, was known as both a warrior and as a builder? Nebuchadnezzar 11
A monotheistic religion originating with the Israelite, tracing it's orgins to Abraham, and having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Hewbrew scriptures? Judaism
the most scared text of Judaism? Torah
He was a shepherd? Abraham
A binding agreement? Covenant
An ancestral "father" of Judaism? Patriarchs
A leader? Moses
The escape of the Hebrews from Egypt? Exodus
The dispersal of the Jews from the homeland in Palestine? Diaspora
The belief in one God? Monotheism
A new leader who would change everything? Cyrus The Great
A new leader fir Persia? Darius 1
Governors of ancient Persia? Satrap
The son of Darius 1? Xerxes
A man who teached Zoroastrianism? Zoroaster
The belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces, good and evil? Dualism
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