1. In the 1200s B.C., the Israelite leader Moses rallied his people and led them out of Egypt in an g. exodus. 2. The Phoenicians were organized into a j. confederation of independent city-states along the coast of northern Canaan. 3. Israelite h. prophets condemned abuses in society and urged people not to forget their duties to God and to one another. 4. Persian kings appointed a number of f. satraps to govern the provinces of the Persian …showed first 75 words of 617 total…

…showed last 75 words of 617 total…to Canaan if the Israelites acted according to God’s rules. These important events are actually so important that it makes up one of the books of the Bible and one of five books of the Torah of the Jewish religion. The Exodus led to the scattering of the Jews throughout the Middle East. This shaped the development of Western religion as the Jewish beliefs and ethical principles became an important part of Western heritage.