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| 198371978 | Mesopotamia | A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires. | 0 | |
| 198371979 | Fertile Crescent | The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers gave life to the first known agricultural villages in this area about 10,000 years ago and the first known cities about 5,000 years ago. | 1 | |
| 198371980 | ziggurat | A temple tower of ancient Mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with a shrine made of blue enamel bricks on the top | 2 | |
| 198371981 | pictograms | A pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept | 3 | |
| 198371982 | cuneiform | The earliest known form of writing, which was used by the Sumerians. The name derives from the wedge shaped marks made with a stylus into soft clay. Used from the 3000s BCE to the 100s BCE. | 4 | |
| 198371983 | ideograms | A character or figure in a writing system in which the idea of a thing is represented rather than it's name (example: Chinese) | 5 | |
| 198371984 | Sumer | The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. | 6 | |
| 198371985 | Xia | A legendary Chinese dynasty that was not believed to exist until relatively recently. Walled towns ruled by area-specific kings assembled armies, built cities, and worked bronze. Created pictograms which would evolve in to the first Chinese script. | 7 | |
| 198371986 | Shang Dynasty | Succeeded the Xia dynasty. Rulers and their relatives gave orders through a large network of cities. Largest Chinese dynasty so far, controlled close to 40,000 square miles. The first dynasty in the dynasties song. | 8 | |
| 198371987 | Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded the Shang dynasty. Similar to the Shang And Xia dynastic periods in that China was fragmented politically. Yet, despite the lack of true centralization, this was one of the longest Chinese dynasties, lasting about 600 years. It left substantial written records, unlike the preceding dynasties. | 9 |
