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Monotheistic
Believing in one God
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Torah
The most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible, including the first 5 books
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Abraham
He lived near ur in Mesopotamia and herded sheep and goats into a region called Canaan with his family. Considered father of the Israelitte people
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Covenant
A binding agreement; specifically, in the Jewish tradition, the binding agreement God made with Abraham
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Moses
Renewed God's covenant with the Israelites
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David
The strong and wise second king of Israel, united these tribes into a single nation (Torah 12 separate tribes)
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Solomon
David's son who turned Jerusalem into an impressive capital
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Patriarchal
Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority
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Sabbath
A holy day for rest and worshsip
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Prophet
Spiritual leader who interprets God's will
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Ethics
Moral standards of behavior
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Diaspora
The spreading of the Jews beyond their historic homeland
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Amon-Re
The great lord of the gods
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Osiris
Husband of Isis, who was cut into pieces by his brother, saved by his wife(goddess) and became the god of the dead and the Nile
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Isis
Osiris's wife, who saved her husband who then became the god of the dead and the Nile
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Akhenaton
Amenhotep 4 changed his name to Akhenaton and ordered priests to only worship the minor god, Aton
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Mummification
The preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth
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Hieroglyphics
System of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds
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Papyrus
Plant used to make a paper-like writing material in ancient Egypt
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Decipher
To figure out the meaning of
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Rosetta Stone
Stone monument that includes the same passage carved in hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek and that was used to decipher the meanings of many hieroglyphs
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Delta
Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
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Pharaoh
Title of the rulers of ancient Egypt
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Bureaucracy
System of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority
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Vizier
Chief minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt
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Hatshepsut
During the New Kingdom she became Pharaoh and she exercised all the rights of a pharaoh. She also encouraged trade w/ Mediterranean lands and along the Red Sea coast of Africa
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Thutmose 3
Hatshepsut's grandson, who took over from her once he was an adult. He stretched Egypt's borders to their greatest extent ever
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Ramses 2
Became Pharaoh of the New Kingdom and pushed Egyptian control northward as far as Syria. He also ruled for 66 yrs.
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Sargon
The ruler of Akkad, who invaded and conquered the neighboring city-states of Sumer
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Hammurabi
King of Babylon who brought much of Mesopotamia under the control of his empire
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Codify
To arrange or set down in writing
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Civil law
Branch of law that deals w/ private rights and matters
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Criminal law
Branch of law that deals w/ offenses against others
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Nebuchadnezzar
In Babylon's absence, which a king named Nabopolassar had reestablished in 625 B. C. quickly revived by the second king, Nebuchadnezzar
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Barter economy
Economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another
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Money economy
Economic system in which goods or services are paid for through the exchange of a token of an agreed value
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Zoroaster
This religion, created by Zoroaster taught that Ahura Mazada ruled the world and was always fighting against the evil, Ahriman
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Colony
Territory settled and ruled by people from another land
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Alphabet
Writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound
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Fertile Crescent
Region of the Middle East in which civilizations first arose
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Mesopotamia
Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Sumer
Site of the world's first civilization, located in southeastern Mesopotamia
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamia narrative poem was first told in Sumer
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Hierarchy
System of ranking groups
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Ziggurat
In ancient Mesopotamia, a large platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief god or goddess
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Cuneiform
In the ancient Middle East, a system of writing that used to wedge-shaped marks
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