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chapter 2 vocab
key terms and people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| curves between the mediterranean sea and the persian gulf | fertile crescent |
| in greek it means betwen the rivers | mesopotamia |
| a summerian temple made of sundried brick that was didicated to the chief god or god a godess of a paticular city- state | ziggurat |
| a political unit with its own government | city- state |
| the belief of many gods | polytheism |
| a series of rulers from one family | dynasty |
| sumerian writing | cuneiform |
| created the first permanent army | sargon |
| most famouse for his code of laws | hammurabi |
| a grup of semi-nomadic people who migrated from southern russia to the indian subcontinent | indo-europeans |
| arid grasslands | stepps |
| most famous chaldean king, was known as a waarior and as a builder | nebuchadnezzarII |
| the hebrews religion | judaism |
| the first five books of the hebrew bible, the most sacred text of judaism | torah |
| solemn promise | covenant |
| ancestral fathers | patriarchs |
| the escape of the hebrews from eygypt | exodus |
| the belief in one god | monotheism |
| the scattering of the jews outside judah | diaspora |
| the leader of the exodus | moses |
| a sheperd that lived near ur in mesopotain | abraham |
| governors | satraps |
| the belief that the world is controlled by two opposing forces good and evil | dualism |
| cyrus the great |