| A | B |
| polytheism | means worshipped many gods |
| stylus | a sharp tool that Babylonians wrote with |
| Henry Rawlinson | British soldier who first deciphered Babylonian cuneiform writing |
| Hammurabi's Code | a complete set of written laws developed by King Hammurabi about 1750 BC |
| monotheism | the worship of a single god |
| barter | the exchange of one product for another |
| Abraham | the patriarch who led the Hebrews to a belief in monotheism |
| Phoenicians | merchants, colonizers, and traders who carried Babylonian and Egyptian learning to other parts of the world |
| Lydians | traders who developed the first monetary system |