teaching terms of the great moomy!!!!! this helps kids study and learn the history terms and the best things is its mommy app. Tools A B serfs people who did not have the freedom to leave from where they were born. manor serfs lived in small villiages on the lords estate. dictator absolute ruler plebeians common people veto reject proposals acts polis the greek word for city state agora market place castes fixed social groupings money economy the economic system based on use of money hieroglyphics form of writing with pictures pharaoh egypt, ruler scribes record keepers oasis small fertile area fed by a water source pilgrimages trips with a special religious purpose silent barter method of trade crucified nailed to the cross and left to die disciples followers of jesus gospels the first four books of the new testiment messiah savior christianity the religion based on jesus' teachings