| A | B |
|---|
| alphabet | series of written symbols that represent sounds |
| colony | permeanent settlement formed by a country in a distant land |
| barter | system of trade in which things are exchanged |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| covenant | solemn agreement |
| exodus | departure of a large group of people |
| prophet | preachers who interpret God's will |
| Arameaans | early traders from central Syria |
| Phoenicians | sea traders from Canaan, used an alphabet, and set up colonies |
| Lydians | traders fron Asia Minor who used a monetary system instead of bartering |
| Abraham | Mesopotamian herder/trader who made a covenant with God |
| Jacob | grandson of Abraham, his sons led the 12 tribes of Israel |
| Moses | Israelite leader who lead his people out of Egypt |
| Deborah | Isaelite leader known for her wisdom |
| Saul | king who united most of the Israelite tribes |
| David | king who made Jerusalem the capital of Israel and organized a central government |
| Solomon | king who built a temple to God, was the sone of David |
| Canaan | made up of modern Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan |
| Tyre | Poenician city-state |
| Asia Minor | peninsula jutting westward between the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Black Seas |
| Jerusalem | Capital of Israel |
| Nineveh | Assyrian's capital |
| Diaspora | community of Jews that have been scattered |
| Hittites | conquered the people of Asia Minor about 2000 BC |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who created the Hanging Gardens |
| Cyrus | Persian king who conquered the Chaldean Empire |
| Darius | Persian king who divided the kingdom into provinces and assigned governers to each |
| Zoroaster | Persian prophet who called for religious reform. |
