| A | B |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers" |
| Tigris and Euphrates | rivers of Mesopotamia |
| canals and dikes | built to control floodwaters |
| technology | something new |
| monarchy | when one person rules the land |
| ziggurat | a religious temple made of mud bricks |
| surplus | having more food than needed to stay alive |
| division of labor | created when there was a surplus of food |
| Ten Commandments | listed rules of responsible behavior |
| barter | trading goods and services |
| cultural diffusion | the spreading of new ideas to other places |
| Mediterranean Sea | major trading body of water |
| monotheism | the belief in one God |
| Hammurabi | compiled a collection of laws and establised a tax system |
| Lydians | first people to coin money |
| scribe | person whose job it was to write |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay tablets |
| Sargon | the FIRST person to rule an empire |
| Moses | the leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt |
| Phoenicians | developed the first alphabet |
| Judaism | the religion of the Jewish people |
