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AP World History Ch.2-3
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History
10th Grade
09/15/2008

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Patriarchy
Definition
government where authority over public and private affairs was vested in adult males
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Cuneiform
Definition

"Wedge-shaped"

writing system that uses symbols to reprsent syllables, ideas, and physical objects 

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Hebrews/Jews
Definition

Hebrews spoke ancient Hebrew language

Jews were Hebrew descendents who inhabited Judah 

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Palestine
Definition

(modern-day Israel)

where Israelites settle after migration.

Israelite Territory between Syria and Sinai Penninsula

 

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Israel
Definition
former Palestine where Israelites settled and formed small community
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Judea
Definition
whereIsraelites returned to from exile to become known as Jews
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Ten Commandments
Definition
a set of religious ethical principles announced to the Hebrews by Moses
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Phoenicians
Definition

inhabited coastal plain between Mediteranean Sea and Lebanon Mountains

they spoke a semetic language and established a shared linguistic base 

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Astarte
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Phoenicians most prominent female deity, a fertility godess also known as Ishtar
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Indo-Europeans
Definition

tribes from souther Russia  who embarked on a series of migrations from India to Western Europe

-broad distribution of language throughout Eurasia 

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Hittites
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the most influential Indo-European migrants
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Sudan (not modern Sudan)
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the extensive transition zone of grassland and savanna between the Sahara in the North and tropical rain forest in the south
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Nubia
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located in Southern Egypt along the Nile , home to the Kingdom of Kush
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Nile River
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river that flows through Egypt and Nubia into the Medditeranean Sea
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Memphis
Definition

city near Cairo in Lower Egypt

capital to Menes empire 

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Upper Egypt
Definition
Southern Egypt that is called Upper Egypt because the Nile flows North
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Lower Egypt
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Northern Egypt that is called Lower Egypt since the Nile flows North

its cities include: Thebes, Aswan, and Elphantine 

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