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| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| Moses | (c. 1200s B.C.) Israelite leader; led the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan; according to the Bible, he received the Ten Commandments from God |
| Phoenicia | an ancient region in present-day Lebanon |
| Canaan | a historical and Biblical area around Palestine |
| Jerusalem | the capital city of Israel; holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims |
| Israel | a country in Southwest Asia |
| Judah | the name of the southern half of the Kingdom of Israelites (the northern half was named Israel; Herusalem was its capital, also spelled Judea |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the Israelites what God wanted them to do |
| diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs |
| Abraham | the first leader of the Israelites; according to the Bible, he led his family to a new land, Canaan, where he became the founder of a new nation. |
| Deborah | (c. 1100 B.C.) judge and prophet of the Old Testament; started a war against the Canaanites. |
