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| A city and its surrounding lands working as an independent political unit |
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| A series of rulers from a single family |
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| The spread of goods and ideas from one group of people to another |
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| Sumerian form of writing using clay tablets & wedge shaped tools |
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| Rich soil left behind after a river floods |
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| An arc of rich farmland in southwest Asia that made up Mesopotamia |
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| Bringing water to crop fields via canals & ditches |
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| An area in which a number of people or countries are controlled by a single ruler |
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| King of Babylon; developed the world's first written uniform code of laws |
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| A government where the ruler is viewed as a divine figure |
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| A marshy region at the mouth of a river |
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| A waterfall or stretch of rapids in a river |
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| Paperlike material made from the reeds of the Nile |
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| A king in ancient Egypt; considered a god |
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| Egyptian structure used as burial places for pharaohs |
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| Process of embalming & drying dead bodies to preserve them for the afterlife |
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| Ancient Egyptian writing system; pictures used to represent ideas and sounds |
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| A large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent |
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| Seasonal wind that dominates the climate of India |
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| Fortified area of a city that contained major buildings |
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| Fertile, yellow soil deposited from the Yellow River in China |
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| Animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods |
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| The divine approval of rulers in Ancient China used as basis to rule |
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| The historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties |
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| A political system where land, loyalty, and protection are exchanged |
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