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33 Cards in this Set
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stylus
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an object used to write with
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city-state
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a city that is also a separate independent state
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scribe
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a writer
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convenant
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a promise made by god
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polytheism
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a belief in many gods
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monotheism
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a belief in one god
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deity
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a god or godess
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myths
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stories about gods that explain peoples beliefs
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ziggurat
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a temple for the gods
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empire
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an area of many teritories and peoples that is controlled by one government (capitol)
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caravan
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groups of travelers
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bazaar
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a market place
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battering ram
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a powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on two wheels
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proverb
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a popular saying expressing truth based on common sense
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conquest
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to gain control of other people or land
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astronomy
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the study of stars or space
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pictograph
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a picture that explains words
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cuneiform
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an old type of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines
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alphabet
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a set of symbols that represent the sound of a language
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code/codify
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an orginized list of laws or rules
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Torah
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recorded their laws and history the Jews bible
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lex talionis
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'an eye for an eye'
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retribution
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the recieving of a punishment
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famine
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extreme hunger
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exile
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to force someone to live in another place
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Exodus
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the imagration of Jews from Arbs land
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diaspora
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the scattering of a group of people
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prophet
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religious teachers who regarded as speaking for god
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ethics
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moral behavior
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legacy
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personal proporty
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cultural diffusion
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an idea that spread from one culture to the next
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Gilgamesh lesson
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don't be mean or greedy be kind and nice and people will like you
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Dimond's theory
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scence we descoverd more ideas and uses for them we evalved faster
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