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2813107923Code of hammurabi-DefinitionWriting in Mesopotamia that describes punishments that carried out a civilization0
2813107924Code of Hammurabi-significanceIt was how the city was governed1
2813107925Central Asian/Oxus civilization- definitionA first civilization, economically based on irrigation, agriculture, and stock raising; culture based on agriculture; no literature; developed in 2200 bce in China2
2813107926Central Asian/Oxus civilization-significanceOne of the first civilizations with good walls and gates3
2813107927Uruk- definitionAncient Mesopotamia's largest city; in the third millennium; center of the city is a stepped pyramid4
2813107928Uruk- significancecities started to play a role in civilizations5
2813107929indus valley civilization- definitionhad no temples/palaces or kings was in Mesopotamia Egypt and Peru, architectural styles6
2813107930indus valley civilization- significancethey were architecturally advanced for the time they were in7
2813107931norte chico/ caral- definitioncivilization, found monumental architecture, strong fishing industry,trade, no pottery or writing8
2813107932norte chico/ caral- significanceone of the civilizations that did not rely on agriculture9
2813107933mohenjo daro/ Harappa- definitionalong the banks of the indus valley, richly built houses of 2 or 3 stories, indoor plumbing, luxurious bathrooms, private wells10
2813107934mohenjo daro/ Harappa- significancewasn't common for civilizations to have indoor plumbing and tall houses11
2813107935patriarchy- definitionmales run the family, does the work, tells wife and kids to do, in control12
2813107936patriarchy- significanceit led to gender inequality and male dominance13
2813107937rise of the state- definitionorganized around large territories, ranked officials, kings, greater power than cheifdoms14
2813107938rise of the state- significancerise of the state- significance15
2813107939the gift of the nile- definitionthe nile flooded predictably every year to bring soil and water that led to rich Egyptian agriculture16
2813107940the gift of the nile- significanceit was what led to the rise of the Egyptian civilization and helped them flourish, eventually led to the downfall of pharaohs because the nile didn't flood when it was supposed to17
2813107941nubia- definitiondistinct civilization, developed its own alphabetical script, retained many gods, ironwork industry by 500 bce18
2813107942nubia- significanceled to the diffusion of Egyptian agriculture19
2813107943Olmec civilization- definitiontook shape around 1200 bce, rose from competing cheifdoms in southern mexico, based on a maize, beans, squash20
2813107944Olmec civilization- significancethe civilization was sometimes called the mother civilization of mesoamerica21
2813107945paneb- definitionhad a rough childhood, violent, known for brutality, Egypt 13th century, married, disappeared from history22
2813107946paneb- significanceit showed gender in-equality23
2813107947epic of Gilgamesh- definitionancient Mesopotamians poem that describes the city of uruk24
2813107948epic of Gilgamesh- significanceone of Mesopotamia's writing systems25

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