| A | B |
|---|
| innovation | new way of doing things |
| scribe | a person who could read and write |
| social classes | groups with different levels of importance |
| merchants | people who bought or sold goods for a living |
| surplus | extra supply |
| authority | the right to rule and lead soldiers |
| monarchy | when one person has complete authority |
| city-state | includes a city or a village and the farmlands around it |
| government | an organinzed system that groups use to make laws and decisions |
| ziggurat | a large mud-brick temple |
| technology | the skills and knowledge to make products or meet goals |
| civilization | a centralized society with developed forms of religion,ways of governing, and learning |
