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Chapter 2 Vocab !

Key Terms & People

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a region of farmland that curves from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian gulf centered on the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Fertile crescent
the area that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the southwest Asia. Mesopotamia
a Sumerian temple made of sun dried brick that was dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a particular city state. Ziggurat
a political unit that includes a town or city and the surrounding land controlled by it. City-state
the belief in many gods. Polytheism
a family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary? dynasty
Sumerian writing? cuneiform
created a permanent army, the first ruler to do so? Sargon I
Amorite king, became king of Babylon? Hammurabi
A leader who arose among the Persians in 559 BC? Cyrus the Great
A leader for Persia, had to fight to restore order in Persia? Darius I
Emperor who was the son of Darius I ? Xerxes
Zoroastrianism was based on the teachings of this man? Zoroaster
the belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces, good and evil? Dualism
governors of ancient Persia? Satrap
a monotheistic religion originating with the Israelite, tracing its origin to Abraham, and having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Talmud? Judaism
the first five books of Hebrew Bible; the most sacred texts of the Jewish faith? Torah
A Shepard who lived near Ur in Mesopotamia? Abraham
a binding agreement? Covenant
an ancestral " father" of Judaism? Patriarch
A leader who rose among the Israelites? Moses
the escape of the Hebrews from Egypt? Exodus
the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine during the 2600 years that followed the destruction of the Solomon Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BC by the Chaldeans? Diaspora
the belief in one god? Monotheism
a group of semi- nomadic people who migrated from southern Russia to the Indian subcontinent around 1700 BC? Indo- Europeans
arid grasslands? Steppes
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