| A | B |
|---|
| myth | a legend or traditional story that explains people's beliefs |
| scribe | kept records for kings and priests: professional writers |
| city-state | city adn an independent state; its own government and traditions |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| Mesopotamia | Greek Word: between two rivers; part of the Fertile Crescent |
| empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| code | an organized list of laws or rules |
| cuneiform | a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines: used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent |
| alphabet | a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| covenant | a binding agreement |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the Israelites what God wanted them to do |
| diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or belief |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that many people starve |
