| A | B |
|---|
| ideogram | picture that symbolizing an idea or action |
| city state | insepend town or city and the surrounding country side |
| geography | study of people, their enviornoment, and their redources |
| illumination | decoration in the margins and on the first letter of paragraphs of Bibles made by monks in Middle Ages |
| fief | an estate the lord provided the vassal |
| bailiff | the agent of a lord who managed the lord's smaller estates |
| heresy | slander against church |
| republic | system of gov't in which citizens who have right to vote choose their leaders |
| Sanskrit | written language of the Aryans at about 700 B.C. |
| loess | fine soil distributed by wind and flood water |
| pictogram | picture used to rep an object |
| monsoon | seasonal wind, in india brings rain in summer and hot, dry in winter |
| satrap | provice in the the Persian empire ruled by a govenor responsible to the King |
| papyrus | reed that grows along marshy shore; used for making paper in anceint Egypt |
| feudalism | system of rule by local lords who were bound to a King by ties of loyalty |
| guilds | association of merchants or artisans that governed a town or craft in the middle ages |
| crusades | a military expedition with Christians against Muslims who controlled the holy lan |
| black death | carried by mercahnts, wiped out a bunch of europeans |
| exchequer | central treasury of England |
| ostracism | in ancient Greece the temporary exile of a citizen from a city-state |
| ILiad | erpic poem by Homor |
| phalanx | in ancient Greece, a massive formation of heavily armed soldiers |
| legion | military formation of ancient Rome made up of 6,000 soldiers |
| rhetoric | subject taught in ancient Greece |
| arch | anceint Roman architecture |
| mosaics | picture formed of colored stone |
| Zoroster | leader of a religion of the Persians at the time of Darius |
| Zend-Avesta | sacred book of Zorosters |
| Fresco | wall painting |
| Humanities | subjects taught in ancient Greek and roman schools, including grammar, rhetoric, poetry and history |
| Epic poems | poems or stories of great adventure |
| Lyric poem | emotions or thoughts are sung by a musican playing a lyre |
| Koran | sacred book of the Muslims |
