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24 Cards in this Set
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Irrigation |
This method of watering crops is called |
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City state |
Land owned by the government |
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Polytheism |
polytheism or the worst ship of many God's and goddesses. |
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Theocracy |
At first each city state was a theocracy or government controlled by religious leaders |
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Cuneiform |
An early form of writing |
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Pharaohs |
The Egyptians believed that they were God's as well |
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Hieroglyphics |
Which used pictures for words sounds |
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Monotheism |
Or the belief in one god |
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Covenant |
An agreement with Abraham |
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Prophet |
Or messenger of God ,named Moses. |
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Caliphs |
The rules the Muslim community |
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Legal |
Based on laws |
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Rely |
To depend on |
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Mesopotamia |
Is located in present day Iraq lay in the fertile crescent |
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Muslim leader |
Muhammad was born in 570 A.D |
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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 |
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Abraham |
According to Jewish belief , the Jews are descended from Abraham, a herder who lived in Mesopotamia about 1800 B.C |
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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 |
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The three religions |
The most practiced religions are Judaism, Christianity , and islam |
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Ancient Egypt |
Around 5000 B.C , farm villages began to develop along the Nile River in northeastern Africa |
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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 |
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Terrorism |
Is the use of violence against civilians to achieve a goal |
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Moses |
According to the hebrew Bible , Moses led the Israelites from egypt |
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Jews |
The scattering of the Jews was called Diaspora |