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A way of supplying water to an area of land
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the world's first system of writing
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A series of rulers from the same family
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A pyramid shaped temple tower in Mesopotamia
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Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
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A ruler of ancient Egypt seen as a god
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A turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.
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Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods
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A government controlled by religious leaders
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the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food
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an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
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structure with triangular sides built in Egypt as a tomb for the Pharaoh
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king who United upper and lower Egypt
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Egyptian writing system
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A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
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How people connect with the land they live on, things like landforms and location
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The river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around. Flooded regularly
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The rivers that Mesopotamia was formed between.
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A way ancient people tried to understand the world around them
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important discoveries like technologies
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How people share power. Things like kings and laws
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How people meet their needs.
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How people treat each other like rich and poor or men and women
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A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
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fell It was hard to defend
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the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth
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at the center of the Indus River valley civilization
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In Indus the way the cities were
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well planned cities, indoor plumbing
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The river changed course
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A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
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Belief system that started in India in the 500s BC. Happiness can be achieved through removal of one's desires. Believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
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In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding
