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17 Cards in this Set
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SCRIBES
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Professional writers and the only people in the land who could keep records for the kings and priests.
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MESOPOTAMIA
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The land between the rivers.
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CITY-STATE
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This is when each city acted as its own state with its own government and king.
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POLYTHEISM
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The belief in many gods.
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MYTHS
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Stories about gods that explain people's beliefs and warn that the gods would punish people who angered them.
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EMPIRE
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An area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government.
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CARAVANS
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Groups of travelers
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BAZAAR
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Market
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CODE
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A written organized list of laws.
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CUNEIFORM
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Groups of wedges and lines forming a script that could be used to represent language(s).
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ALPHABET
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A set of symbols that represented the sounds of language. In the Phoenician alphabet, there are 22 letters, each standing for 1 consonant.
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MONOTHEISM
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Belief in one God
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FAMINE
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A time when there is little food and people starve.
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EXILE
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To do this means to force people to live in another country.
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COVENANT
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A binding agreement
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PROPHET
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Religious leaders.
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DIASPORA
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Scattering of people
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