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| 7103111318 | city-state | city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |  | 0 |
| 7103148706 | polytheistic | worshipping many gods |  | 1 |
| 7103148707 | ziggurats | large stepped pyramids |  | 2 |
| 7103148708 | division of labor | separation of tasks so workers could specialize |  | 3 |
| 7103148709 | cuneiform | world's first writing system |  | 4 |
| 7103148713 | empire | large territory that included diverse cultural groups |  | 5 |
| 7103148721 | alphabetic script | system of symbols that represent the sounds of speech |  | 6 |
| 7103235271 | desertification | creation of desert-like conditions |  | 7 |
| 7103235272 | theocrats | rulers holding both religious and political power |  | 8 |
| 7103235273 | papyrus | plane that grew along the Nile River |  | 9 |
| 7103235274 | deforestation | cutting down of trees |  | 10 |
| 7103235275 | environmental degradation | deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil |  | 11 |
| 7103235276 | barter | system by which one thing is exchanged for another |  | 12 |
| 7103235277 | Sanskrit | sacred language of the Aryans |  | 13 |
| 7103235278 | Indo-European language | family of several hundred related languages and dialects |  | 14 |
| 7103235279 | loess | fertile soil that is yellow in color | 15 | |
| 7103235280 | ancestor veneration | belief that the spirits of their ancestors could speak to the gods for them |  | 16 |
| 7103235281 | Golden Age | period in a society of relative peace, prosperity, and innovation |  | 17 |
| 7103235282 | Mandate of Heaven | idea that a just ruler's power was bestowed by the gods |  | 18 |
| 7103235283 | feudaism | relationships based on mutual defense agreements | 19 |
