Fertile Crescent

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scribe

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professional writer

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Fertile Crescent

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a region in Southwest Asia; site of the first civilizations

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city-state

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a city that is also a separate, independent state

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polytheism

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belief in many gods

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myth

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a traditional story

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empire

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many territories and peoples controlled by one government

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caravan

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a group of traders travelling together

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Babylon

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the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth, evil, and luxury

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bazaar

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a market selling different kinds of goods

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battering ram

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a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels

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code

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an organized list of laws and rules

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Hammurabi

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created the Babylonian Empire; the king of Babylon

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cuneiform

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groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent

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alphabet

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a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language

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monotheism

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belief in one god

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famine

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time when there is so little food that many people starve

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exile

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to force someone to live in another country

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covenant

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an agreement between two parties; often in reference to an agreement between God and His people

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Moses

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an Israelite leader who wrote the Torah and led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

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prophet

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an individual who conveys God’s message to His people

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diaspora

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the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs