| A | B |
|---|
| civilization | A Society with its own government, religion, and education |
| technology | The skills and knowledge to make products |
| ziggurat | A huge mud-brick temple |
| government | A group of people that make laws and decisions |
| city-state | A City and its surrounding farmlands |
| monarchy | A government with one king or queen |
| authority | The right to command |
| surplus | An extra supply |
| merchant | A person who buys and sells goods to make a living |
| social class | A group of people that have a certain level of importance |
| scribe | A person who writes |
| innovation | A new way of doing things |
| conquer | To take over |
| empire | Land ruled by an emperor |
| emperor | The ruler of an empire |
| taxation | People pay taxes to support the government |
| Code of Hammurabi | A set of laws written by Hammurabi |
| equal justice | Fair treatment under the law |
| monotheism | Belief in one god |
| convenant | an agreement |
| Ten Commandments | A set of laws given to Moses by God |
| Judaism | The religion of the Jewish people |
| Torah | The first 5 books of the Bible |
| colony | A settlement separated from a country, but under the control of that country |
| cultural diffusion | The spread of ideas form one place to another |
| barter | To trade |
| money economy | An economic system that is based on money rather than on trade/bartering |
