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| Fertile area consisting of Mesopotamia and the lands facing the Mediteranian. |
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| The land between the Tigris and Euphrates |
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| Sumerian city that acted like its own country. |
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| A series of rulers of a country from the same family. |
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| The spread of one culture to the next. |
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| belief of more than one god. |
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| the wedge shaped writing of the Sumerians, made with reeds. |
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| Bringing together several countries under one ruler. |
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| Empire of babylonia, created first system of laws. |
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| a broad, marshy area in which the river spreads out. |
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| king who united upper and lower egypt |
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| religion based government |
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| immense structure used as tombs |
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| Preserving the bodies of Egyptians by dipping them in a salt bath. |
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| egyptian system of writing that use dpictures to represent sounds and ideas |
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| paperish substance formed by pressing swamp reeds. Used by Egyptians. |
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| Landmass containing India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. |
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| seasonal winds in India that bring wet and dry seasons. |
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| civilization named after the city that they built called Harappa. Lived in Indus river valley. |
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| silt found in Huang He river that is fertile. |
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| bones that were written on by priests and then poked with a hot stick and when it cracked, the crack was interpreted to see what the gods said. |
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| Belief that gods take away and give royal power. |
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| pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties. |
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| system where lords and other noblemen are granted the use of lands that belong to the king |
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| first dynasty that wrote down history |
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| dynasty that overthrew the shang |
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