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A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
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Cuneiform
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A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple; base of religion and government
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Ziggurat
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A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
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A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple; base of religion and government
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A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
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Belief in or worship of more than one god.
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A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
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Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words and sounds.
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A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life.
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Rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven
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The belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods
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the period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze for tools and weapons
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A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates; home of the first civilizations
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A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
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Amorite ruler of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 B.C.E.). He conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws, inscribed on a black stone pillar, illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases.
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Refers to how the Nile River helped the Egyptians. It gave them protection, transportation, and food.
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a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader
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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
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Another name for the Indus River Valley civilization; known for planned cities, sewers, and a lack of weapons
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Second Chinese dynasty (about 1750-1122 B.C.) which was mostly a farming society ruled by an aristocracy mostly concerned with war. They are best remembered for their art of bronze casting.
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Term that ancient China used to refer to themselves. The believed they were the center of the Earth.
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a religious practice based on the belief that deceased family members have a continued existence, take an interest in the affairs of the world, and possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living
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A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and polytheism
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the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
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located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet which used sounds rather than symbols like cuneiform
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Belief in one God
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God's covenant to Abraham in which he promised Abraham descendants, a land for his descendants, and a Messiah that would come through his seed.
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50-year period in which the Israelites were exiled from Judah and held in Babylon
