| A | B |
| bureaucracy | system of managing government |
| geography | study of people and their environment |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Hammurabi's Code | written system of laws |
| trade | brought changes to people's lives |
| Old Stone Age | earliest period of human history |
| pyramids | tombs |
| prehistory | before written history |
| Hatshepsut | first woman pharoah |
| glacier | large sheet of ice |
| technology | tools for doing work |
| domestication | taming |
| empire | area ruled by a ruler |
| nomad | wanderer |
| cuneiform | form of writing with a wedge and clay |
| archaeology | study of physical remains |
| Neolithic Age | when man changed to farming |
| artifacts | remains made by humans |
| Fertile Crescent | land between the Tigris and Euphrates |
| cultural diffusion | spreading of ideas and customs |
| tribune | protected the common people |
| consul | head of the senate |
| Justinian | code of laws |
| Punic Wars | Rome vs. Carthage |
| Spartacus | led 2 year slave revolt |
| aqueducts | bring fresh water |
| Plebians | common Romans |
| Messiah | savior |
| Constantine | built Constantinople |
| patricians | wealthy Romans |
| martyr | someone who dies for their beliefs |
| Twelve Tables | written code of Roman laws |
| Pax Romana | 27-180 |
| Muhammad | prophet and founder of Islam |
| Hannibal | crossed Alps on elephants |
| Marcus Aurelius | end of Pax Romana |
| Pericles | democracy flourished under him |
| Hammurabi | eye for and eye |
| Alexander the Great | from Macedonia |