| A | B |
|---|
| ALPHABET | set of symbols that represents sounds in a language |
| BAZAAR | a market selling goods |
| CARAVAN | a group of traveling traders |
| CITY-STATE | both a city and independent state/own govt |
| CODE | organized list of laws/rules |
| COVENANT | a binding agreement |
| CUNEIFORM | writing that uses lines & wedges |
| DIASPORA | scattering of people with common background/beliefs |
| EMPIRE | many territories or people controlled by one govt |
| EXILE | force someone to live in another country |
| FAMINE | a time with so little food people starve |
| MONOTHEISM | belief in one god |
| MYTH | a traditional story or legend that explains beliefs |
| POLYTHEISM | the belief in many gods |
| PROPHET | religious leader that told the Israelites what God wanted them to do |
| SCRIBE | professional writer |
| FERTILE | rich soil |
| FERTILE CRESCENT | crescent shaped region with good farming |
| MESOPOTAMIA | land between 2 rivers |
| TIGRIS & EUPHRATES | 2 rivers that surround Mesopotamia |
| ZIGGURAT | main temple to gods-Sumerian |
