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| government where authority over public and private affairs was vested in adult males |
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"Wedge-shaped" writing system that uses symbols to reprsent syllables, ideas, and physical objects |
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Hebrews spoke ancient Hebrew language Jews were Hebrew descendents who inhabited Judah |
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(modern-day Israel) where Israelites settle after migration. Israelite Territory between Syria and Sinai Penninsula |
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| former Palestine where Israelites settled and formed small community |
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| whereIsraelites returned to from exile to become known as Jews |
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| a set of religious ethical principles announced to the Hebrews by Moses |
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inhabited coastal plain between Mediteranean Sea and Lebanon Mountains they spoke a semetic language and established a shared linguistic base |
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| Phoenicians most prominent female deity, a fertility godess also known as Ishtar |
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tribes from souther Russia who embarked on a series of migrations from India to Western Europe -broad distribution of language throughout Eurasia |
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| the most influential Indo-European migrants |
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| the extensive transition zone of grassland and savanna between the Sahara in the North and tropical rain forest in the south |
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| located in Southern Egypt along the Nile , home to the Kingdom of Kush |
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| river that flows through Egypt and Nubia into the Medditeranean Sea |
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city near Cairo in Lower Egypt capital to Menes empire |
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| Southern Egypt that is called Upper Egypt because the Nile flows North |
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Northern Egypt that is called Lower Egypt since the Nile flows North its cities include: Thebes, Aswan, and Elphantine |
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