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Chapter 1-4 Part 2
Vocabulary words for my history class.
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History
11th Grade
09/16/2009

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papyrus
Definition
A reed used to make paper-like material
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Hittites
Definition
People that settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.
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Anatolia
Definition
Now called Asia minor and a part of Asian Peninsula.
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Minoans
Definition
Seafaring and traders that lived on island of the crate from 2000 to 1400 B.C.
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Aegean Sea
Definition
Water mass between Antonia and Greece.
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Knossus
Definition
Minoan capital city.
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Phoenicians
Definition
Seafaring people of Southwest Asia who around 1100 B.C. trade and found colonies.
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Palestine
Definition
Region at the end of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Canaan
Definition
The ancient home of the Hebrews.
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Torah
Definition
First five books of Hebrew bible.
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monotheism
Definition
Belief in a single God.
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Israel
Definition
Kingdom of the united Hebrews in Palestine from 1020 to 922 B.C.
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Hyksos
Definition
Nomadic invades from Southeast Asia 1640 to 1570 B.C.
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New Kingdom
Definition
Period of Egyptian history from 1570 to 1075 B.C.
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Nineveh
Definition
Tigris River is where a new capitol was,
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Royal Road
Definition
Persian empire stretching out over 1600 miles from Susa.
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Zoroaster
Definition
Religious reformer and Persian prophet.
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