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Irrigation

This method of watering crops is called

City state

Land owned by the government

Polytheism

polytheism or the worst ship of many God's and goddesses.

Theocracy

At first each city state was a theocracy or government controlled by religious leaders

Cuneiform

An early form of writing

Pharaohs

The Egyptians believed that they were God's as well

Hieroglyphics

Which used pictures for words sounds

Monotheism

Or the belief in one god

Covenant

An agreement with Abraham

Prophet

Or messenger of God ,named Moses.

Caliphs

The rules the Muslim community

Legal

Based on laws

Rely

To depend on

Mesopotamia

Is located in present day Iraq lay in the fertile crescent

Muslim leader

Muhammad was born in 570 A.D

Jesus

Judaism gave rise to another monotheistic religion Christianity . About A.D 30, a Jewish teacher named jesus, He disagreed with the laws so he was crucified on a cross

Abraham

According to Jewish belief , the Jews are descended from Abraham, a herder who lived in Mesopotamia about 1800 B.C

The oldest religion

The oldest religion of three religions is Judaism. It was the first practiced by small group of people in the southwest Asia called the Israelites

The three religions

The most practiced religions are Judaism, Christianity , and islam

Ancient Egypt

Around 5000 B.C , farm villages began to develop along the Nile River in northeastern Africa

Nile River

The Nile River is the only water source for the Egypt people. The Ancient Egyptians guarded it so they could farm on it

Terrorism

Is the use of violence against civilians to achieve a goal

Moses

According to the hebrew Bible , Moses led the Israelites from egypt

Jews

The scattering of the Jews was called Diaspora