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7585603411CivilizationAdvanced state of human society where high levels of culture, science, industry, and government have been reached0
7585603412SumeriansCame to Mesopotamia in 3500 B.C.E.1
7585617212CuneiformFirst known case of writing, developed by Sumerians2
7585633520PolytheismA belief in multiple gods3
7585644921AkkadiansPeople that the Sumerians fell to in 2400 B.C.E.4
7585661445BabyloniansAn ancient empire in southwestern Asia5
7585674703King HammurabiKing who created the Babylonian code of law6
7585680210PharaohRuler of Egypt7
7585690430PyramidsAncient Egyptian monumental tombs for pharaohs and their families8
7585700860Indus RiverA river in Southern Asia9
7585743753HarappaA village in Pakistan that flourished in the Indus River Valley10
7585743754AryanPeople who migrated in 1500-1700 B.C.E. after Harappa's fall11
7585761862VedasBody of Hindu sacred writings12
7612332910MahabharataAn epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas13
7612363716RamayanaAn epic of India, one of the Puranas attributed to Valmiki and concerned with the life and adventures of Ramachandra and his wife Sita.14
7612363717UpanishadsEpic poems15
7612426498IdeographicA written symbol that represents an idea of object16
7612426499ShangA Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766-1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523-1027 b.c.17
7612426500Chavin de HuantarCivilization in highlands of Peru in 850-250 B.C.E.18
7612426501PhoeniciansPeople along the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East19
7612426502MonotheismBelief in one God20

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