History Chapter 3 review
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Everything is from the book, and only the book so if there is more info, please add it. And good luck I hope you don't fail, have to leave randolph, live on the street, and die because no one would take mercy on your soul and spare a dime so you could eat. GOOD LUCK!!! And read the book to get (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aramaeans and Phoenicians | These two groups of people lived near the Fertile Cresent area who shared their culture, sailed, and traded; trading brought languages, goods, and ideas |
| Aramaeans settled in | Syria around 1200 B.C |
| Political weakness | This was a weakness for the Aramaeans |
| Aramaic | The main language used in the Fertile Crescent until A.D 800 |
| Canaan | Made of modern day Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan |
| Phoenicians | Migrated from the Arabian peninsula around 3000 B.C and settled in northern Canaan |
| Farming | The only land for the Phoenicians is inbetween western Syria and the Meditteranian Sea, which was used for |
| Tyre, Byblos, Sidon, Berytus | The main city-states built by the Phoneicians along their coast by 1200 B.C |
| Confederation | Loose Union of independent city-states |
| Southern coast of Spain, Western coast of Africa | Were reached by the Phonecians by 1100 B.C |
| Phoenicinas traded | Items such as cedar logs, textiles dyed purple, glass objects, jewelry, metal. |
| Alphabet | A series of written symbols that represent sounds |
| 22 | The number of characters in the Phoenicians' alphabet |
| Colonies | A system of settlements for trading |
| Lydians | Lived in the Asia Minor |
| Lydians | Had developed a wealthy and independent kingdom with gold deposites by the late 600 B.C's. |
| Barter | Exchanging of wares and goods. |
| Israelites | Lived in Canaan |
| Monotheism | The belief that there is only one God who commands prophets. |
| Prophet | Holy messengers |
| Yahweh | The name of the God that the Israelites worshipped. |
| Judaism, Christianity, Islam | The three religions that were taught by the Israelites. |
| Abraham | A herder and trader who lived in Ur. |
| Covenant | The agreement made by God to Abraham. |
| Jacob | Abraham's son. |
| Moses | Lead people out of Egypt in an exodus, into the Sinai Desert, to escape slavery. |
| Exodus | Departure. |
| Deborah | A judge widley admired for her wisdom, who also planned an attack on Cannanite. |
| David | Fought Goliath on behalf of Saul and took the throne in 1012 B.C. |
| Solomon | David's son who succeeded him in 961 B.C. |
| Chaldeans | Gained contol of Judah in 586 B.C. |
| Babylon | Chaldean capital city |
| Jews | A series of prophets that arose among the Israelites. |
| Persians | Conquered the Chaldeans in 539 B.C. |
| Torah | The first five books in the bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| Diaspora | Greek word meaning "scattered" |
| Hittites | Captured the Asian Minor at around 2000 B.C came from areas beyond the Black sea. |
| Hittites | Had built a well organized kingdom by 1650 B.C. |
| Hattusas | The Hitties capital. |
| Hitties | First to weild iron weapons. |
| Babylon | The Hitties captured this city in about 1595 B.C. |
| Hittie Empire | Spread the Asian Minor, Syria, and part of Mesopotamia, lasted until about 1200 B.C. |
| Egypt and Mesopotamia | Hitties borrowed most of their culture ideas from. |
| Assyrians | Lived in northern Mesopotamia-were able to rebel against western attacks by about 900 B.C. |
| Assyrians | Were considered to be the most lethal fighters, with foot soldiers, chariots, slodiers on horseback. |
| Battering Rams | Used by Assyrians to get through enemies' walls. |
| Assyrians | Would kill and torture thousands of captives |
| Assyrian kings | Governed an empire stretching from the Persian Gulf to Egypt, to Asian Minor. |
| Nineveh | The Assyrian capital |
| Chaldeans | Lived in Babylon, formed an alliance with Medes, which captured Nineveh and destroyed the Assyrian empire in 612 B.C. |
| Hammurabi | The Empire of of 1700's B.C. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | One of the Chaldeans most powerful leaders. Lead from 605 B.C tp 562 B.C. |
| Persians | Captured Babylon and the rest of the Chaldean Empire. |
| Cyrus | Developed a strong army and cunquered the Medes in the 540's B.C. |
| Cambyses | Conquered Egypt, bringing middle east under Persian control, he was the son of Cyprus. |
| Darius 1 | The best organizer among the persian kings that reigned from 522 B.C to 486 B.C. |
| Satraps | Provincial governors. |
| Persepolis | The most magnificent city in the Persian empire. |
| Zoroaster | A prophet that began to call for reform in the Persian Empire in 570 B.C. |
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