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24 Cards in this Set
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civilization |
highly developed cultures |
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city-state |
city and its surrounding countryside |
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polytheism |
belief in more than one god |
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theocracy |
form of government in which one individual ruled as both religious leader and king |
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cuneiform |
Sumerian writing system using wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets |
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empire |
group of lands under one ruler |
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pharaoh |
ruler of ancient Egypt |
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pyramid |
huge stone structure that served as and elaborate tomb or monument |
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hieroglyphics |
form of writing that uses signs and symbols |
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papyrus |
Egyptian paper |
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monotheism |
belief in one God |
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covenant |
agreement |
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prophet |
messenger of God |
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messiah |
in Judaism and Christianity, a savior sent by God |
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disciple |
follower of a specific teacher |
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five pillars of faith |
basic religious obligations of Islam |
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silt |
small particles of rich soil |
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oasis |
a fertile or green area in a desert |
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fellahin |
farmers in Egypt who live in villages and work on small plots of land that they rent from landowners |
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bazaar |
marketplace |
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mosque |
place of worship for followers of Islam |
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aquifer |
underground rock layer that water flows through |
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bedouins |
nomadic desert people of Southwest Asia |
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holocaust |
systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War ll |
