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| 81273776 | Shang dynasty | Second Chinese dynasty (about 1750-1122 B.C.) which was mostly a farming society ruled by an aristocracy mostly concerned with war. They're best remembered for their art of bronze casting. | 0 | |
| 81273777 | ma'at | the Egyptian concept of truth, justice, and cosmic order, represented by a goddess, often portrayed with a feather upon her head. | 1 | |
| 81273778 | pyramid | ancient Egyptian structure, built over or around a tomb | 2 | |
| 81273779 | Old Kingdom | 2700 BC - 2200 BC. Upper and Lower Egypt kept separate kingdoms, but later built unified government. Developed basic features of its civilization. BUILT THE PYRAMIDS: an eternal resting place for their god-kings. | 3 | |
| 81273780 | Middle Kingdom | 2050 BC. - 1800 BC.: A new dynasty reunited Egypt. Moved the capital to Thebes. Built irrigation projects and canal between NIle and Red Sea so Egytian ships could trade along coasts of Arabian Penninsula and East Africa. Expanded Egyptian territory:Nubia, Syria. | 4 | |
| 81273781 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 5 | |
| 81273782 | Caste System | System in India that gives every Indian a particular place in the social hierarchy from birth. Individuals may improve the position they inherit in the caste system in their next life through their actions, or karma. After many lives of good karma, they may be relieved from cycle of life and win their place in heaven. | 6 | |
| 81273783 | Mohenjo-Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system., One of the first settlements in India | 7 | |
| 81273784 | 3300 B.C.E | first walled towns appeared in the upper Nile | 8 | |
| 81273785 | Hierakonpolis | holds earliest record of Egypt | 9 | |
| 81273786 | hieroglyphs | pictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet like ours | 10 | |
| 81273787 | Earliest Egyptian Writing | used for notation for business and administration | 11 | |
| 81273788 | mastabas | an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof | 12 |
