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social vocab #3
30 cards·by gravino
new ways of doing things
innovation
A sharing of a large job
division of labor
the amount of a product left over
surplus
a governing system ruled by a king or queen
monarchy
complete control
absolute authority
governing a group
bureaucracy
picture righting on wet clay
pictograph
wedge shaped writing
cuneiform
group of people of the same level of importance
social class
a person who buys, sells or trades goods
merchant
to take over
conquer
consist of the vast lands
empire
an army with paid full time soldiers
standing army
which people are made to pay for running their government
taxation
a form of government in which the nation government maintaining power
centralized government
a set of laws written down in a clear ordered way
code
a rule or code
principle
a two wheeled horse drawn cart used to carry soldiers to battle
chariot
a disagreement between two or more people or groups
conflict
to give some of what you want in order to reach an agreement
compromise
a military activity
warfare
an official order or decision made by a ruler
decree
a large division of a country
territory
a wall carving that stands out from the surface
relief
a person who writes things for others
scribe
ruler of an empire
emperor
the collection of laws written down for the people of babylon
code of Humurabi
the land between rivers
fertile crescent
a sumarian king
Mr. Hammurabi
south of iraq fertile crescent
arabian desert