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16 Cards in this Set
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Pastoral Nomads
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Domesticated animals but moved from pasture to pasture driving their herds.
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Indo-Europeans
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Group of people who were nomadic herders mainly
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Hittites
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Some of the Indo-Europeans who settled in modern day Turkey. They were the first to develop iron tools and weapons, which enabled them to create an empire.
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Phoenicians
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The civilization who lived in the area now Lebanon on the shores of the Med. Were sailors and traders throughout the Med and created an alphabet to help them with records of their trade goods.
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Israelites
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The first of the monotheist who were led to Canaan from Ur in Sumer by Abraham who is known as the father of Judaism.
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Jerusalem
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The capital city of Israel.
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King Solomon
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Son of the famed King David (slayer of Goliath) who built the great temple for God.
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Monotheism
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The worship of one god.
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Abraham
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Made a covenant with God and led his people to Canaan and became known as the father of Judaism.
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Canaan
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The promised land in the covenant God made with Abraham.
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King David
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King of Israel, he was the shepherd boy who slew Goliath with a sling and stone.
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Judah
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When the 12 tribes of Israel split, Judah became one country and
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Babylonian
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The Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar conquered the kingdom of Judah and took its people back to Babylon as slaves. The captivity lasted 100 years and the “Jews” were released when the Persian Empire conquered Babylon.
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Moses
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The Israelite who led the Jews out of bondage in Egypt.
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Torah
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The sacred text of Judaism
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10 Commandments
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The laws given to Moses by God.
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