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| 229162972 | Olmec | the most influencial early Mesopotamian civilization (1200-900 B.C.E) | 0 | |
| 229162973 | Chavin | the first major urban civilization in South America | 1 | |
| 229162974 | llamas | hoofed animals, indegenous to the Andes Mts.; the only domesticated beast of burden in the Americas before the Europeans arrived; provided meat and wool; used for transportation of goods and specialized production and trade | 2 | |
| 229162975 | Druids | Celtic priests who belonged to a highly respected and well-organized fraternity with religious, judicial, and educational functions; they practiced secret lore | 3 | |
| 229162976 | Neo-Assyrian Empire | empire extending from western Iran to Syria-Palestine; conquered by the Assyrians of northern Mesopotamia; they used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects; also continued the cultural and scientific developments of the Mesopotamian civilization | 4 | |
| 229162977 | Ashur | Chief deity of the Assyrians, he stood behind the king and brought victory in war; also the name of an important Assyrian religious and political center | 5 | |
| 229162978 | mass deportation | the forcible uprooting of large numbers of people or entire communities, from their homes in order to transport and resettle them | 6 | |
| 229162979 | Library of Ashurbanipal | contained official documents and an array of literary and scientific texts of Mesopotamia | 7 | |
| 229162980 | Israel | the land between the eastern shore of the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, occupied by the Israelites | 8 | |
| 229162981 | Hebrew Bible | a collection of sacred books containing diverse materials concerning the origins, experiences, beliefs, and practices of the Israelites | 9 | |
| 229162982 | First Temple | a monumental sanctuary built in Jerusalem by King Solomon to be the religious center for the Israelite god Yahweh; eventually it was destroyed, replaced with King Herod's Second Temple, then destroyed again | 10 | |
| 229162983 | monotheism | the absolute belief in Yahweh as the one and only god | 11 | |
| 229162984 | diaspora | used to describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their homeland | 12 | |
| 229162985 | Phoenicians | Semetic-speaking Canaanites found in present-day Syria, Lebanon, and Israel; they found Carthage | 13 | |
| 229162986 | Carthage | city located in present-day Tunisia; founded by Phoenicians; it became a major commercial center and naval power in the Western Mediterranean until it was defeated by Rome in the 3rd century B.C.E. | 14 | |
| 229162987 | tophets | walled enclosures in which were buried thousands of small, sealed urns containing the burned bones of children | 15 | |
| 229162988 | Neo-Babylonian kingdom | major political and cultural center during the 7th and 6th centuries; monarchs Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar took over the southern portion of the Assyrian domains; they initiated diaspora of the Jews | 16 | |
| 229162993 | monopoly | an exclusive privelage to carry on a business, traffic, or service, granted by the government | 17 | |
| 229162994 | caste | any class or group of society sharing common cultural features | 18 | |
| 229162995 | social hierarchy | like a class-division system, whose main purpose is to resolve conflict | 19 | |
| 229162998 | trade diaspora communities | networks of foreign merchants who might live briefly or for many generations in a host society | 20 |
