Lifestyles
Farmers saved up grain to avoid ______.
famine
These people had no rights and were forced to work.
slave
This metal was a mix of copper and tin.
bronze
fighting, hurting, and killing
violence
The most powerful families
noble or elite
Someone who moves to a new home from place to place every season.
nomad
This social class did religious rituals and provided medicine to sick people.
priest
marriage gift
dowry
The home of the emperor, and the center of ancient government decisions.
palace
Many people were sold into slavery because they could not pay back the _____ they owed to another person.
debt
This means too many people living too closely together.
crowding
a skilled worker
artisan
This means to give things up or kill animals to give to the gods.
sacrifice
社会
society
This word means the levels of social power.
hierarchy
Although they were poor, most farmers still had some _______, such as a house, some tools, and some animals.
property
a poor farmer
peasant
This set of laws said "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
Hammurabi's Code
to take over by force
conquer
This means men had all the power in the family and in the government.
patriarchy or sexism
This word means getting sick because you are so hungry.
malnutrition
This is the word for a literate government worker.
scribe
This is the name of the sea next to Egypt, Greece, and many other ancient cultures.
The Mediterranean Sea
Han people, Miao people, Zhuang people, Uyghur people, Hui people ...
ethnicity
treating people badly based on their ethnicity, religion, or skin color
discrimination