Cornell Notes for Unit 3 Section 1

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Canaan
Canaan was a region along the Mediterranean Sea in southwest Asia

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monotheism
The belief in one God

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covenant = agreement with God

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• Israelites built a kingdom in Canaan
• Canaan is a region along the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia

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Israelites believe that they are descendants of a man named Abraham

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This baby Israelite Moses was found in a basket in the river by the pharaoh’s daughter

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Torah describes the covenant and what God considered to be right and wrong

The Ten Commandments  have helped shape the moral laws of many nations

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• A judge is a military leader who commands 1 or 2 tribes but not all the tribes.
• The Hebrew Bible tells about  the judges called Barak, Gideon, Samuel, Eli, Samson, and others, including a woman judge named Deborah

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Phoenicians developed the alphabet

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