World history.txt

Believing in one God

The most sacred text of the Hebrew Bible, including the first 5 books

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

A binding agreement; specifically, in the Jewish tradition, the binding agreement God made with Abraham

Renewed God's covenant with the Israelites

The strong and wise second king of Israel, united these tribes into a single nation (Torah 12 separate tribes)

David's son who turned Jerusalem into an impressive capital

Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority

A holy day for rest and worshsip

Spiritual leader who interprets God's will

Moral standards of behavior

The spreading of the Jews beyond their historic homeland

The great lord of the gods

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

Osiris's wife, who saved her husband who then became the god of the dead and the Nile

Amenhotep 4 changed his name to Akhenaton and ordered priests to only worship the minor god, Aton

The preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth

System of writing in which pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds

Plant used to make a paper-like writing material in ancient Egypt

To figure out the meaning of

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

Waterfall

Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

Ruling family

Title of the rulers of ancient Egypt

System of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority

Chief minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt

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

Hatshepsut's grandson, who took over from her once he was an adult. He stretched Egypt's borders to their greatest extent ever

Became Pharaoh of the New Kingdom and pushed Egyptian control northward as far as Syria. He also ruled for 66 yrs.

The ruler of Akkad, who invaded and conquered the neighboring city-states of Sumer

King of Babylon who brought much of Mesopotamia under the control of his empire

To arrange or set down in writing

Branch of law that deals w/ private rights and matters

Branch of law that deals w/ offenses against others

In Babylon's absence, which a king named Nabopolassar had reestablished in 625 B. C. quickly revived by the second king, Nebuchadnezzar

Economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another

Economic system in which goods or services are paid for through the exchange of a token of an agreed value

This religion, created by Zoroaster taught that Ahura Mazada ruled the world and was always fighting against the evil, Ahriman

Territory settled and ruled by people from another land

Writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound

Region of the Middle East in which civilizations first arose

Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Site of the world's first civilization, located in southeastern Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia narrative poem was first told in Sumer

System of ranking groups

In ancient Mesopotamia, a large platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief god or goddess

In the ancient Middle East, a system of writing that used to wedge-shaped marks