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Fertile Crescent

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:09:34 UTC

The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta.

Mesopotamia

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:19:13 UTC

Mesopotamia was a historical region situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system,

City-State

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:20:06 UTC

A city that with its surrounding territory that forms an independent state.

Dynasty

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:21:09 UTC

A line of hereditary rulers of a country.

Polytheism

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:22:12 UTC

The belief in or worship of more than one god.

Empire

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:24:03 UTC

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Hammurabi

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:25:19 UTC

Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, reigning from 1792 BC to 1750 BC, known for his law code.

Cuneiform

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:26:09 UTC

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia.

Delta

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:27:29 UTC

A landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water.

Ziggurat

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:28:29 UTC

A massive temple built in ancient Mesopotamia and the western Iranian plateau.

Pharaoh

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:29:36 UTC

A ruler in ancient Egypt.

Theocracy

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:31:37 UTC

A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God.

Pyramid

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:32:45 UTC

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt.

Mummification

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:33:39 UTC

A process in which the skin and flesh of a corpse can be preserved.

Hieroglyphics

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:35:26 UTC

A hieroglyph is a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system.

Papyrus

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:36:13 UTC

A material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as paper.

Subcontinent

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:38:33 UTC

A large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.

Monsoon

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:39:57 UTC

A wind from the South and Northwest

Harappan

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:41:12 UTC

The Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia.

Sanskrit

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:43:00 UTC

An ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived.

Loess

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:43:42 UTC

A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur.

Aristocracy

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:45:27 UTC

The highest class in certain societies, whose power is passed down from generation to generation

Oracle Bones

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:47:49 UTC

Pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were used for magic in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.

Mandate of Heaven

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:49:31 UTC

Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of heaven, which let them rule, and despotic, unjust rulers would have the Mandate revoked.

Dao

21jkupras — 2017-09-05 12:50:56 UTC

The absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order.