| A | B |
|---|
| civilization | advanced state of human society in which there are eight features |
| bureacracy | system of managing government through departments run by officials |
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| artisan | skilled craftworker |
| pictograms | simple drawings that represent words |
| scribes | people who learned to read and write |
| city-state | political unit that included a city and surrounding land |
| empire | group of territories controlled by one ruler |
| steppe | dry grasslands |
| cultural diffusion | the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another |
