The Fertile Crescent
Vocabulary from Chapter 2 - The Fertile Crescent
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- alphabet
- a set of symbols that represent the sounds in a language
- diaspora
- the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
- empire
- many territories and peoples controlled by one government
- prophet
- a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for God or for a god
- Moses
- an Israelite leader whom the Torah credits with leading the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan
- Fertile Crescent
- a region in Southwest Asia, site of the first civilization
- Zoroastrianism
- a religion that developed in ancient Persia
- city-state
- a city that is also a separate, independent state
- Babylon
- the capital of Bablonia, a city of great wealth and luxury
- bazaar
- a market selling different kinds of goods
- caravan
- a group of travelers journeying together
- exile
- to force someone to live in another country
- myth
- a traditional story, in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs
- monotheism
- the belief in one god
- famine
- when there is so little food that many people starve
- polytheism
- the belief in many gods
- Hammurabi
- the kind of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750 BC, creator of the Babylonian empire
- cuneiform
- groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
- convenant
- a binding agreement
- scribe
- a professional writer
- code
- an organized list of laws and rules