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World History Terms
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History
10th Grade
08/13/2008

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Fertile Crescent
Definition
curved shape and the richness of its land led scholars.
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Mesopotamia
Definition
Lands facing the Mediterranian Sea.
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City-state
Definition
City and the surroundings lands it controlled.
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dynasty
Definition
A series of rules from a single family.
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Delta
Definition
broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river. 
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Cultural Diffision
Definition
Process in which new ideas or products spreads from one culture to another.
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Polytheism
Definition
believe in more than one god
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Empire
Definition
brings together people nations or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
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Hammurabbi
Definition
Babylonian Empire at peak
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Narmer
Definition
solid evidence points to a king.
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Pharaohs
Definition
Egyptian god- kings
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Theocracy
Definition
A type of government in which rule is based on religious authority. 
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Pyramid
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A massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides.
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Mummification
Definition
A process of enbalming and drying corpes to prevent them from decaying.
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
Earliest form of writing in Egypt, but scribes quickly develope a more flexible writing system.
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papyrus
Definition
A tall reed that grows in the Nile Delta
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subcontinent
Definition
land mass that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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moroons
Definition
seasonal winds
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Harappan Civilization
Definition
Indus Valley Civilization
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Loess
Definition
fertile soil
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oracle bones
Definition
One of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by ancient Chinese priest to communicate with the gods.
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Mandate of Heaven

Definition
In Chinese history, the devine approval thought to be the basis of the royal authority. 
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dynasty cycle
Definition
the pattern of rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties.
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fuedalism
Definition
a political system which nobles, or lords, are granted the use of landsthast legally belong to the king.
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