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SS Ch3, L123

Vocab for Ch. 3 - The Tigris & Euphrates Valley

QuestionAnswer
new ways of doing things innovations
the sharing of a large job so that each worker does only part of it division of labor
the amount of a product that is left after needs have been met surplus
a governing system ruled by a king or queen monarchy
complete control absolute authority
a governing group made up of nonelected officials bureaucracy
picture writing pictographs
a system of wedge-shaped writing cuneiform
a group that has a particular level of importance in a society social class
a person who buys and sells or trades goods merchant
to take over conquer
vast lands and varied people that come under the control of a single government empire
an army with paid, full-time soldiers standing army
a system where people pay for the running of their government taxation
a form of government in which the national government maintains the power centralized government
a set of laws written down in a clear orderly way code
important belief principle
carts drawn by horses and used to carry soldiers in battle chariots
disagreements conflicts
each person gives up some of what he or she wants compromise
skill in war warfare
an official order or a decision made by a ruler decree
a large division of a country territory
wall carvings that stand out from the surface of the building reliefs
a person who wrote things for others scribe
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