social study's 19 -36 Flashcards
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slavery
the practise of a person owning another person
monotheism
the worship of one god
convenant
an agreement
abraham
a shepherd living in Ur who is considered by Jewish people to be the first jew
moses
C. 100 bc -1200 bc Hebrew prophet and teacher who led the Hebrews out of slavery Egypt and recived the ten commandments
canaan
eastern Mediterranean land in which abraham resettled around 1800 bc
synagogue
a place of worship
descendant
a person later born into a family
empire
a large territory consisiting of many different places under the control of one ruler .
dynasty
a ruling family
code of hammurabi
a set of laws established by hammurabi
babylon
a city state in mesopotamia
hammurabi
king of Babylon who came to rule all of mespotamima and established a written code of laws known as the code hammurabi
conquest
the defeat of an another group
barter
to exchange one kind of good or service for another
torah
the first five books in the Hebrew bible
the ten commandments
a set of laws that’s provides guidance for the worship of God and rules for moral behavior
judaism
the monotheistic religion founded by abraham