| A | B |
|---|
| hieroglyphs | writing system,pictures represent objects |
| demotic | simplified shapes of heiroglyphs |
| Rosetta Stone | monument used to decipher heiroglphs |
| Nile | river,flows north |
| decipher | to figure the meaning of |
| Cyrus the Great | Persian leader,policy of tolerance |
| Pharoah | title of rulers of ancient Egypt |
| dynasty | ruling family |
| bureaucracy | system of government,different job functions,levels of authority |
| colony | territory settled,ruled by people from another land |
| Phoenicians | sailors,traders,contributed alphabet |
| alphabet | writing system,symbol represents sound |
| barter economy | set of goods,services exchanged for another |
| Persia | government with provinces,money economy |
| Hammurabi's Code | first written law |
| civil law | deals with private rights,matters |
| criminal law | deals with offenses against others |
| hierarchy | system of ranking groups |
| papyrus | plant used to make paper |
| Moses | second prophet |
| Abraham | first prophet |
| patriarch | highest church official |
| covenant | agreement with God |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Sabbath | holy day for rest and worship |
| prophet | spiritual leader,interprets God's will |
| diaspora | spreading of Jews beyond homeland |
