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S.S Middle East
Question | Answer |
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silt | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
city-state | a political unit consisting of a city and it's surrounding countryside |
empire | land with different territories and different people under a single rule |
social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class |
ziggurat | a pyramid shape temple in Sumir |
architecture | the science of building |
Hammurabi's Code | a set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon |
chariot | a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle |
cedar | |
scribe | a writer |
irrigation | a way of supplying water to a land |
canals | a human-made waterway |
surplus | more of something than is needed |
Division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a specific task or job |
cuneiform | the world's first system of writing |
pictograph | a picture symbol |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
BC/BCE | Before Christ |
AD/CE | After Christ Died |
Polytheism | worship of many gods |
Monotheism | worship of only one god |
Mecca | Place where Muslims go to worship |
Medina | the place Muhammad and his followers moved when they left Mecca |
Jerusalem | the holy city for Jews |
Israel | the Jewish homeland |
Judism | 1 God, Believes in the Holy Law, Founded by Abraham |
Christianity | Believe in 1 God and Jesus, Follow Jesus teachings, Believe Jesus to be the Messiah |
Islam | Fasting, Praying, Charity- believe in Allah |
Muslim | Followers of Islam |
Theocracy | A government ruled by religious leaders |
Torah | The Jewish holy book |
Talmud | a Jewish set of laws, commentaries, stories and folk lore |
Old Testament | Christian's holy book- before Jesus |
New Testament | Christian's holy book- during and after Jesus |
Koran | Islam's holy book |
Messiah | Jews believed he would be a person and would save them |
Prophet | people who are said to receive messages from God to be taught to others |
Temple | A house of worship for the Jews |
Mosque | House of worship for Muslims |
Shiites | muslims who believe that the true interpretation of Islamic teaching can only come from certain leaders called imasms |
Sunnis | Muslims who believe in the ability of the majority of the community to interpret Islamic teaching |
Abraham | Founder of Judiasm |
Ismael | a religion based on the messages that Muhmmad is believed to received from god |
Muhammad | Founder of Islam |