| A | B |
|---|
| Alphabet | Contains letters that represent spoken sounds |
| Barter economy | An economy based on exchanging goods or services for other goods and services |
| Cataract | Waterfall |
| Civil law | Part of the law deals with private rights and matters |
| Codify | Set down in writing all of the laws that would govern a state |
| Colony | An area settled and ruled by a people from another land |
| Covenant | A binding agreement |
| Criminal law | Part of the law that deals with offenses against others |
| Cuneiform | Writing using a reed pen to make wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets |
| Decipher | or Decode, to figure something out |
| Delta | Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers |
| Demotic | Simpler form of writing for everyday use |
| Diaspora | Scattering of peoples |
| Dynasty | Is a period in time in which one family ruled |
| Ethics | Moral standards of behavior |
| Hierarchy | A system of ranks |
| Hieroglyphics | Form of picture writing developed by the Egyptians for important records |
| Ideogram | Pictures that symbolized an idea or action |
| Money economy | An economy based on exchanging goods or services for money |
| Monotheistic | Religion that believes in one true God |
| mummification | The preservation of the dead |
| Papyrus | A plant that grows along the Nile, it was used for paper by the Egyptians |
| Patriarchal | Fathers and husbands held great legal authority |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler is called a pharaoh, believed to be a God, the pharaoh would have absolute power over the kingdom |
| Prophet | Spiritual leaders who interpret GodÂ’s will |
| Sabbath | A holy day for rest and worship |
| Satrap | A province, initially started by the Persian Empire each headed by a governor and they pay taxes according to what they make to the main body. |
| Silt | Soil, generally from a flooding river like the Nile |
| Tolerance | Acceptance of other people |
| Vizier | The chief minister to the pharaoh, this person supervised the business of government |
| Ziggurat | Brick pyramid with stepped sides. |
