Guided Reading 3
The Mediterranean and Middle East
Terms:
1. 1. Iron Age– the period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron.
2. Mass deportation– the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country
3. Hebrew– West Semitic language of the Afro-asiatic language family.
4. Ten Commandments– Decalogue, are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism
5. “Children of Israel”– the Israelites/Jewish people
6. Ark of the Covenant–also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in the Book of Exodus as containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten commandments
7. First Temple–According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was the Holy Temple in ancient Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount
8. Monotheism– believing in only one god
9. The Diaspora–was the historical exile and dispersion of Jews from the region of the Kingdom.
10. Deuteronomy Code–code derived from the book of Deuteronomy
11. Mercenaries–soldiers, Military advisers and generals trained through the works of Mozi and Sun Tzu
12. “The Cosmopolitan Era”– Military advisers and generals trained through the works of Mozi and Sun Tzu
13. Akkadian–empire and its surrounding region in ancient Mesopotamia
14. Aten–is the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra
15. Minotaur–mythical creature of Greek mythology
16. Frescoes– is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster
17. Linear B– is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek
Individuals / People
1. The Israelites– Children of Israel
2. Abraham– According to the Book of Genesis Abram who was renamed Abraham was the founding father of the Israelites, with a prominent role in Judaism
3. Joseph– Joseph In the Old Testament , the son