| A | B |
|---|
| civilization | a culture with well-developed forms of government, religion, writing, and learning |
| technology | the use of tools and skills to make a product or achieve a goal |
| ziggurat | a huge mud-brick temple |
| government | an organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions |
| city-state | a city or village and the farmlands around it |
| monarchy | one person has complete authority to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in time of war |
| authority | right |
| surplus | extra supply |
| merchants | people who bought and sold goods for a living |
| social classes | groups with different levels of importance |
| scribe | a person who knew how to write |
| innovations | new ways of doing things |
