Vocabulary
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
What is Monotheism?
The religion the the Hebrew people follow.
What is Judaism?
What is the Royal Road?
Most Mesopotamian civilizations were (monotheistic, polytheistic).
Polytheistic
A source of Information created at the time of study.
What is a Primary Source?
The belief in or worship of many Gods.
What is Polytheism?
Shepard who Jews trace ancestry through who is one of the founders of the Jewish religion.
Who is Abraham?
The leader that freed the Hebrew people from Babylon.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
A modern-day country located in Mesopotamia.
Iraq, Syria, Iran.
The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another.
What is Cultural Diffusion?
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (literally means "between the rivers").
What is Mesopotamia?
A sacred text of Judaism?
The Torah (Hebrew Bible, Talmud)
The leader that failed to conquer the Greek?
Who is Xerxes?
The Civilization credited with creating the first Alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians?
Daily Double. Your favorite teacher.
Who is Mr. Harner?
Ancient Sumerian system of writing. Credited as the first writing system.
What is Cuneiform?
The Jewish leader that led Jews out of Egypt and was the recipient of the Ten Commandments.
Who is Moses?
The primary religion of The Persian Empire?
What is Zoroastrianism?
The leader responsible for constructing the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
Provide an example of a Primary source for Ancient Mesopotamia.
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The dispersion of the Israelites out of their ancestral homeland.
What is the diaspora?
The Three Main Kings of the Kingdom of Israel.
Who are Saul, David, Solomon?
Some of the basic beliefs of Zoroastrianism.
Monotheistic, Good and Evil (dualism), End of Times.
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
Provide an example of Cultural Diffusion from this Chapter.
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