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Chapter 25 Vocab
nine vocab words
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History
9th Grade
11/29/2010

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Oasis
Definition
 Fertile desert area that has enough water to support plant and animal life.
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Ziggurat
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Huge many tiered temple the center of life in summer, an early Middle Eastern civilization.

 

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Scribe
Definition
someone who writes copies of manuscripts and documents.
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Cuneiform
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term used to describe the wedge shape writing of the ancient summerians.
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Satrap
Definition
Government of a province in ancient Persia
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Messiah
Definition
expected savior chosen by god to deliver the Jews from foreign rule and restore the kingdom.
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Parable
Definition
Short story with a simple moral lesson
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Martyr
Definition
someone who suffers or dies for his or her belief
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Pope


Definition
head of the Roman Catholic Church
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