Time Periods
Before Common Era
BCE
Belief in one God
Monotheism
A spiritual teacher
Guru
first-hand account of a topic or event, examples include diaries/journals, speeches, and photographs
Primary Sources
A network of Eurasian trade routes stem from this ancient chinese trade route
Silk Road
Before Christ
BC
Belief in more than one God
Polytheism
A person appointed as a Jewish religious leader
Rabbi
What source is one made by someone who did not experience or participate in the event first hand?
examples are newspaper articles and music and audiovisual resources
Secondary Sources
Name the region that is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamia
Stands for the Latin phrase Anno Domini
AD
Foods that comply with dietary guidelines set by traditional Jewish law
Kosher Foods
Known as ______ the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during c. 268 to 232 BCE
Ashoka
A decade is...
A period of 10 (ten) years
Formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and the Mediterranean Sea, this region gave rise to some of the world's earliest civilizations.
Fertile Crescent
The period of time before written records
Prehistory
A major Jewish holiday, one of the three pilgrimage festivals, that celebrates the Biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt
Passover
Indian King or Prince
Raja
A century is...
A period of 100 (hundred) years
a city-state that was the community structure of ancient Greece
polis
The period of human history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended around 1500 AD) up to the present
Modern Era
The building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction
Synagogue
Chinese philosopher
Confucius
A millennium is...
A period of 1000 (thousand) years
A type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia- usually used for a place of worship
Ziggurat