| A | B |
|---|
| ziggurats | step shaped pyimid a staircase from heaven to earth |
| specialization of labor | development of many jobs |
| irrigation | watering crops with ditches & canals |
| empire | many kingdoms under one ruler |
| prehistoric | time before writing |
| silt | bits of soil carried by a river |
| class | group of people with the same social status |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| agriculture | working the land to grow crops |
| covenant | agreement between god and man |
| home sapiens | human beings |
| civilization | complex society |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing |
| hunter-gather | moving around for food & water |
| nomads | herders who moved to find good grazing land |
| diaspora | scattering of Jew around the world |
| rabbi | religious scholar of the Jewish faith |
| synagogue | a Jewish Temple or church |
| surplus | More than you need-to much |
| Bible | holy book of Jews & Christians |
| domestication | adapting animals & plants to human use |
| Judaism | religion that started in the Fertile Crescent |
| Fertile Crescent | crescent shaped area in the Middle East |
| Jews | people who believe in Judaism |
