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Flashcards: Social Studies Chapter 2 Section 3

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empiregroup of territories brought together under one supreme ruler
Fertile Crescentregion stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea
code of lawwritten rules for people to obey
justicefair treatment of all the people, based on the law
tributepayment made in return for protection
exileforced removal from one's homeland, often to lands far away
tolerationpractice of allowing people to keep their traditions and beliefs
provincesgovernmental divisions like states, etc.
satrapsgovernors of provinces in the Persian Empire
Royal Roadroad used for government purposes in ancient times
emperorperson who rules an empire
governorperson chosen to rule over a territory
policycourse of action chosen by a government
minted coinscoins that are issued by the government and are official money