Key Concepts of Ancient Israelite History

an agreement or promise

• Covenant

• Slavery

• Exodus

• Torah

the escape of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery to freedom

• Torah

• Torah

• Exodus

• Covenant

the Israelites’ kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called Judah and Israel

• Rome

• Israel

• Torah

• Europe

the holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah

• Paris

• Rome

• Jerusalem

• Mecca

the first religion based on worshipping one God, developed among the ancient Israelites

• Islam

• Christianity

• Judaism

Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible

• Quran

• Torah

• Bible

• Old Testament

an inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior

• Genes

• Beliefs

• Customs

• Tradition

the state of a person who is treated as the property of another

• Prisoner

• Work

• Slavery

What is this?

• Torah

• Bible

• Quran

• Old Testament

Where is this?

• Jerusalem

• Rome

• Covina

• Los Angeles