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316192773Queen HatshepsutThe fist female ruler,ruled for 22 years during the New Kingdom.
316192774Mandate of HeavenMeaning that heaven would grant the Zhou power only as long as its rulers governed justly and wisely
316192775TikalThe most important Mayan political cente, may have been populated by more than 100,000 people.
316242122LydiansThey came up with the concept of using coined money to conduct trade rather than using the barter system.
316242123PhoeniciansThey established a powerful naval city-stated all along the Mediterranean and they developed a simple alphabet that used only 22 letters as opposed to the much more complex cuneiform system.
316242124EgyptianA civilization developed along the Nile River, where the soil was rich and the agricultural opportunities were plentiful.
316242125AthensA political, commercial, and cultural center of Greek civilization.
316242126SpartaAn agricultural and highly militaristic region.
316242127CaesarWas given powers over southern Gaul and other parts of Europe.
316242128Neolithic RevolutionIn a span of several thousands years from about 8000 B.C.E to 3000 B.C.E , groups of people moved from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles and town and city life.
316242129HittitesBy 1500 B.C.E, the Hittites dominated the region, especially because they learned how to use iron in their weapons.
316242130ZigguratsAre Sumerians built temples, which were kind of like pyramids, to appease their gods.
316242131PolytheisticMeaning that they worshiped more than one god.
317903951Code of HammurabiIs often credited as a significant step toward our modern legal codes.
317903952NebuchadnezzarRebuilt Babylon as a showplace of architecture and culture.
317903953Indus ValleyA civilization was built along the banks of a river system.
317903954Jenne-JenoBelieved to be the first city in sub-Saharan Africa.
317903955OlmecWhat we know today as Mexico, from 1200 to 1400 B.C.E and the Chavin in the Andes from 900 to 300 B.C.E
317903956Mauryan EmpireWas found by Chandragupta maurya who unified the smaller Aryan kingdoms into a civilization.
318199669Gupta EmpireWas more decentralized and smaller than its predecessor, but it is often referred to as a golden age because it enjoyed relative peace and saw significant advances in art and sciences.

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