History
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- nomad
- a person who has no settled home
- polytheism
- the belief in many gods
- city-state
- a city that is also a seperate, independant state
- geography
- the study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
- irrigation
- supplying land with water through a network of canals
- Moses
- an israelite leader whom the torah credits with leading the israelites from egypt to canaan
- prophet
- a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for gods or a god
- civilization
- a society with cities, central government, job specialization, and social class
- stone age
- a period of time during which early humans made long lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of human culture.
- battering ram
- a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels
- History
- Writen and other recorded events of people
- surplus
- more than what is needed
- artisan
- a worker who is especially skilled at crafting items by hand.
- Archaeologist
- a scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past
- bazaar
- a market selling differnt kinds of goods
- covenant
- a promise made by god
- oral traditions
- stories passed down by word of mouth
- social class
- a group of peopl with similar backrounds, incomes, and ways of living.
- caravan
- a group of traders traveling together
- diaspora
- the scattering of people who have a commmon backround or beliefs
- famine
- a time when there is so little food that people starve
- scribe
- a professional writer
- myth
- a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains peoples beliefs
- fertile crescent
- arc of land from the Mediterranean to the perisan gulf. this land had rich soil and abundant crops, able to sustain early civilization
- fertile
- rich in the substances plants need to grow well; descrives soil and land
- monotheism
- the belief in one god
- domesticate
- to adapt wild plants for human use; tame wild animals and breed them for human use
- babylon
- the capital of babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxery
- Prehistory
- the time before writing was invented
- empire
- many territories and peoples controled by one government
- alphabet
- a set of symbols represents thje sounds of language