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20 Cards in this Set
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Canaan |
coastal area between Mesopotamia and Egypt |
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covenant |
agreement between Yahweh and the Hebrews |
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descendents |
offspring |
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Sabbath |
day of rest |
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Moses |
led the Hebrews out of Egypt |
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Psalms |
sacred songs found in the Bible |
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Slomon |
king who had a temple built in Jerusalem |
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prohets |
people who claim to have messages from god |
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Dido |
Phoenician queen who founded Carthage according to legend |
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treaties |
agreements between countries |
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urns |
ceremonial vases containing ashes |
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smetling |
process used to make iron stronger |
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provinces |
political divisions of an empire |
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astronomers |
scientists who study the movement of planets, stars, and moons |
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Zoroaster |
Persian religious leader who spoke of two gods |
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Iran |
center of the Persian empire in ancient times |
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Cyrus |
Persian king who conquered much of ancient near east |
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caravans |
groups of traveling merchants |
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Ashurbanipal |
Assyrian king who built one of the world's first libraries |
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Darius |
Persian king who attacked the Greeks Xerxes was his son |
