| A | B |
|---|
| Phoenicians | were sailors and shipbuilders |
| sumerians | farmers and herders |
| lydians | made up coins for trade |
| Hittites | how to make iron |
| persians | built largest empire |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| cuneiform | a system of writtings wedger shaped characters on clay tablets |
| tribute | payment demanded from conquered people |
| heiroglyphics | ancient egytian writing |
| ziggurat | large brick temple built by ancient mesopotamia |
| dynasty | family of rulers |
| Hammurabis code | written collection of babylonian laws |
| rosetta stone | stone tablet with three kinds of writting |
| seribes | a record keeper |
| acropolis | high ground on which the fort stood |
| socratic method | wuetion and answer approach to teaching |
| tyrant | ruler who took power by force |
| helots | virtual slaves who worked for the polis |
| hellenic age | greek civilization began to take shape |
| oricles | priests and priestesses who predicted the future |
