| A | B |
|---|
| pastoral nomad | migrating groups who domesticated animals along regular migratory route |
| monotheistic | belief in one God |
| Indo-Europeans | important nomadic group & used a language from a single parent tongue (Greek, Latin, Sanskrit,, Persian) |
| Hittites | first of the Indo-Europeans to make tools and weapons of of iron |
| Phoenicians | great international sea traders who lived in area of Palestine on Mediterranean coast |
| Israelites | Semetic-speaking people who lived south of Phoenicians |
| King Solomon | wise ruler; built temple in Jerusalem |
| "ten lost tribes" | northern tribes of the Kingdom of Israel overrun by Assyrian empire and dispersed |
| Yahweh | the one God according to Jewish belief |
| Jerusalem | capital of Israel |
| Judaism | religion of Israelites recorded in Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) |
| Torah | the first five books of the bible |
| prophets | Jewish religious teachers sent by God who interpret the word of God and his commandments |
| covenant | a contract with God |
| Moses | Yahweh gave him 10 commandments; led Jews out of Egypt |
| Isaiah | prophet quoted in the bible |
