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| An area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land. |
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| A long period of dry weather. |
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| A fertile region in Southwestern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia. |
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| A river in Southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent. |
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| A river in Southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Crescent. |
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| The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations. |
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| A system of writing that used a wege-shaped symbols to represent sounds, ideas,andobjects developed in Anceint Sumer. |
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| a self governing state, often with surrounding lands and villages. |
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| a large temple located in the centers of Anceint Sumerain cities. |
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| The belif in many gods and godesses. |
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| A written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government. |
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| A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. |
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| An ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throghout the Fertile Crescent in 1700 B.C. |
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| King of city-state Kishi united the city-states of Sumer to create an empire. |
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| King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law. |
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| The religion of the Jeqish people ehich they belive began in the Fertile Crescent. |
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| tHE First five books of the Hebrew Bible conaining the laws and teachings of Judism. |
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| A belief in one god. (Mono means one. Poly means more than one.) |
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| According to the Hebrew Bible, the laws God gave to Moses on Mont Sinal. |
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| A weekly day of rest, prayer, and study. Usually falls on Saturday. |
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| The scattering of Jews to many parts of the world. There's about 17,000,000 Jews. |
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| an anceint city in western Asia capital of present-day Isreal. In 1000 B.C. |
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| A country in western Asia created in 1948 as a home for the Jews, Anceint Kingdom of Isrealites. |
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| Founder of Judism who according to the Bible led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command. |
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| Prophet who led the Isrealites out of slavery in Egypt. |
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