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western civ

Ch. 2 vocab

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a complicated form of culture civilization
to concentrate on one kind of work specialized
a skilled worker who makes goods by hand artisan
excess; more than is needed surplus
an ancient form of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols cuneiform
a mixture of copper and tin bronze
a long-lasting pattern of organization in a society. governments, families, education systems, and organized religions are examples of institutions institution
the process of bringing water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches irrigation
a political unit made up of a city and the surrounding countryside that is under the control of the city city-state
a form of trade in which people exchange goods not money barter
a Sumerian temple built in tiers ziggurat
a person who believes in more than one god polytheist
a state that conqures other territories and people and then rules them empire
a settlement in a new teritory by a group of people who keep their ties to their home government; a regiongoverned by a foreign power colony
the ability to read and write literacy
a person who believes in one god monotheist
a contract or pledge covenant
belief that proper moral conduct involves the worship of one god ethical monotheism
a messanger sent to reveal God's will prophet
a royal governor of a province in the Persian empire satrap
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