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Meredith"s H6 ch3vocab

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Bedouins   Arabs who wander from place to place with their herds  
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millstones   used for grinding grain  
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papyrus   plant used to make paper  
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murex   purple dye from a sea snail  
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Carthage   an important Phoenician trading post in North Africa  
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alphabet   the Phoenicians most important contribution to the world  
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emperor   a powerful ruler who controls an empire  
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Hittites   among the first people to build an empire  
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caravan   a group of people traveling together with a pack of animals  
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barter   trade conducted by giving goods for other desired goods  
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Lydia (Lydians)   country first to mint coins  
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minting   the process of making coins  
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Croesus   the last king of Lydia, famous for his wealth  
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Jordan River   the most important river in Israel  
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Dead Sea   the lowest place on the earth’s land surface  
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Hebrews   descendants of Abraham  
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Ten Commandments   God’s basic rules for right and wrong  
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Baal   the chief god of the Canaanites  
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Jericho   city the Israelites captured using only shouts & trumpet blasts  
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Solomon   built the great Temple at Jerusalem  
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Assyrians   people who conquered the Northern Kingdom of Israel & took them captive  
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Ninevah   Capital city of Assyria  
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Jonah   prophet sent by God to warn the wicked city of Assyria’s capital (Ninevah) that they would be judged  
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Hammurabi   the leader of the Babylonian Empire who gathered the laws of the land & put them in order  
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Hanging Gardens   one of the “Seven Wonders of the World” located in Babylon  
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Babylonians   people who conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judah & took them captive  
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Nebuchadnezzar   Babylonian king who took Daniel captive & brought him to Babylon  
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Daniel   prophet who had great influence on the Babylonian Empire  
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Cyrus   king who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem & rebuild the temple  
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Greeks   Eventually conquered the Persians  
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