Ch. 3 Vocab Flashcards

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