Ch. 3 Vocab Flashcards
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81950186 | Myrrh | Q sweet smelling gum resin obtained from certain trees and used in perfumery, medicines and incense. It was sought after by Queen Hatseshput of Egypt and was used in Biblical circumstances when it was brought to Jesus. | 0 | |
81950187 | Phoenicians | Semitic-speaking Canaanites living on the coast of modern Lebanon and Syria in the first millenium B.C.E. From major cities such as Tyre and Sidon, Phoenician merchants and sailors explored the Med. Sea, engaged in widespread commerce, and founded Carthage and other colonies in the western Med. | 1 | |
81950188 | Carthage | City located in present-day Tunisia, founded by Phoenicians. It became a major commercial center and naval power in the western Med. until defeated by Rome in the 3rd century B.C.E. | 2 | |
81950189 | Monotheism | the belief in one god | 3 | |
81950190 | Polytheism | the belief in many gods | 4 | |
81950191 | Diaspora | A Greek word meaning "dispersal", used o describe the communities of a given ethnic group living outside their home land. Jews, for example, spread from Israel to western Asia and Med. lands in antiquity and today can be found throughout the world. | 5 | |
81950192 | Nebuchadnezzar | A king who rebuilt Babylon and exiled the Jews. | 6 | |
81950193 | Frescoes | Paintings made on wet plaster walls in Greece that showed aristocracy. | 7 | |
81950194 | Linear A | Language of the Minoans that is indecipherable | 8 | |
81950195 | Linear B | Language of the Mycenaeans that is indecipherable | 9 |