| A | B |
|---|
| agora | market place of ancient Greek city |
| artifact | an object made by human being in the ancient past |
| artisan | a worker with skill in a specific craft |
| baron | a feudal lord |
| barter | trade in which people exchange goods without money |
| bazaar | market place |
| Black Death | Bubonic Plague |
| bullion | gold or silver measured in large quantities |
| charter | a document granting a group of people certain rights and privelages |
| Christianity | a religion based on Jesus |
| cuneiform | a system of writing used by Sumerians |
| dictator | a ruler with absolute power |
| dynasty | a series of rulers from the same family |
| empire | a state in which one ruler controls several kingdoms or territories |
| depose | to remove a person from throne or high office |
| fossil | traces of ancient animal plant and animal life |
| friar | monk who lives among the people |
| helot | a farm laborer in ancient Sparta |
| heresy | the holding of beliefs believed wrong by the church |
| gladiator | a slave or condemned criminal who fights for the publics display |
