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WH chapter 1

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Jericho-   oldest neolithic community, in the west bank between Israel and Jordan  
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mud brick   Sumerian building material  
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Hittites   developed a new way of making iron strong enough to use for weapons  
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empire   group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government  
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Mesopotamia   the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. It is greek for “land between two rivers---cradle of civilization  
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epic-   long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds  
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artifacts-   weapon , tool or other item made by humans long ago  
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Paleolithic   period known as the “old stone age”  
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irrigation   building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops  
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Nebuchadnezzar-   The chaldean king of Babylon who built the hanging gardens to please his wife  
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astronomers   people who studied heavenly bodies  
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Catal Huyuk   one of the oldest cities in present day Turkey  
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ziggurat   “mountain of god” a grand temple, with a shrine at the top  
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Assyrians   first large army to use iron weapons  
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Neolithic   known as the “new stone age”  
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fossils   traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock  
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Nineveh   the capital of Assyria  
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nomads   people that moved with their food  
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scribes   people that recorded things  
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Gilgamesh   a king who traveled and performed great deeds for different people  
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