| A | B |
|---|
| scribe | a professional writer |
| city-state | a city with its own government and laws |
| polytheism | the belief in more than one God |
| myths | traditional stories, in some cultures a legend |
| empire | many territories and people who are controlled by one government |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| bazzar | a matket selling differnt kinds of goods |
| code | an organized list of laws and rules |
| cuneiform | a form of writing using groups of wedges and lines, used in 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 starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another place |
| covenant | an agreement |
| prophet | a religious leader who told the Isrealites what God wanted them to do |
| diaspora | the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs |
