 | Term | Definition |
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scribe |
a profesional writer of ancient times |
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fertile crescent |
a region where the first civilizations were found in South West Asia |
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city-state |
a city the had its own ruler and governmaent system |
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polytheism |
belief in many gods |
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stories about gods |
myths |
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Babylon |
the capital city of Babylonia; a city of luxury and wealth |
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empire |
many territories and people controlled by one government |
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battering ram |
a powerful weapon used for warfare |
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code |
an organizec list of laws |
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the king of babylon 1792- 1750 B.C. |
King Hammurabi the great |
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cuneiform |
writing in Mesopotamia that combined symbols and groups of wedges |
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alphabet |
a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
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monotheism |
a belief in one god |
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famine |
a time of so little food that many people starve |
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sending people to a far off place |
exile |
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the Torah |
a text that the early Israleites recorded laws and event in |
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one |
the number of gods that Jews believe in |
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Ten commandments |
the laws of the Jews that was given to them from god |
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Deborah |
a judge |
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