Chapter 3

2. small set of letter or symbols each of which stands for a single sound
7. group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state
10. idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
13. payment or gift to a stronger power
15. To supply water to
16. wide flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq
19. Independent state consisting of a city and it's surrounding territory
20. worship of many gods or deities
21. money that is used as a medium of exchange usually bills or coins

1. art of steering a ship from place to place
3. A set of laws that governed life in the babylonian empire
4. a permanent army of professional soldiers
5. good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders
6. independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
7. idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
8. brick pyramid shaped Mesopotamian temple
9. grand stone pillar
11. a region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia to the Persian gulf
12. good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
14. idea that all members of a society even the rich and powerful must obey the law
17. trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
18. state containing several countries or territories
19. Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
22. soldiers who fight while riding horses