| A | B |
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| commerce | the buying, selling, and transportation of products |
| tax | money collected for the support of a government |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| cavalry | The part of an army that is mounted on horseback. |
| covenant | a solemn agreement |
| aqueduct | A large stone canal for carrying water. |
| city-state | A city that governs itself and the surrounding countryside. |
| prophet | A person who warns of the punishments in store for those who break God's laws. |
| exodus | The journey made by the Isrealites out of Egypt. |
| colony | A settlement that is governed by another country. |
| Torah | A collection of writings known as the Jewish Bible and the first 5 books of the bible. |
| David | ruler of Israel after King Saul's death |
| Tigris River | river that was located next to Assyria's earliest major city, Assur |
| Babylon | the place where the Chaldeans brought people to, from Judah |
| Yahweh or Jehovah | the Israelites worshiped one supreme God |
| military power | the reason for the Hittite Empire's success |
| Judah and Israel | the 2 kingdoms that the Hebrews divided their territories into, after the death of Solomon |
| aqueducts | carried water from mountain streams to the cities of Assyria |
| Nebuchadnezzar | the best known Chaldean ruler |
| the Hanging Gardens of Babylon | one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World |
| Mediterranean Sea | the Phoenicians lived near this sea |
| trading | the Phoenicians made their living doing this type of work |
| Carthage | a Phoenician city in North Africa which later became the center of a great empire |
| alphabet | Phoenicia's greatest contribution to civilization |
| Cyrus the Great | founded the Persian Empire |
| provinces | Darius I divided his Persian Empire into twenty of these |
| Darius I | was known as the greatest leader of the Persian empire and improved its government |
| the royal road | improved communication in the Persian Empire |
