Unit 4B, Lesson 2 Southwest Asia

a grand stone pillar

a permanent army of professional soldiers

the art of steering a ship from place to place

a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country

a group of soldiers who fight while riding horses

a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire

a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound

a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power

the idea that all members of a society must obey the law; key part of modern democratic principles

money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins

the spreading of cultural traits from one culture to another

a state containing several countries or territories

a good or service produced within a country and sold outside of that country's borders

a group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state