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| 12437941 | neolithic | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) | |
| 12437942 | innovation | change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative | |
| 12437943 | diffusion | the act of dispersing or diffusing something | |
| 12437944 | ziggurat | a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | |
| 12437945 | bas relief | type of art; three dimensional | |
| 12437946 | pictogram | A picture representing a word or idea | |
| 12437947 | cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | |
| 12437948 | ideogram | symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word | |
| 12437949 | Gilgamesh | a legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories | |
| 12437950 | Code of Hammurabi | the first written code, developed in Babylonia about 2000 BC. | |
| 12437951 | hieroglyphs | characters ina writing system based on use of pictograms or ideograms | |
| 12437952 | pharaoh | the title of the ancient Egyptian kings | |
| 12437953 | pyramids | "houses of eternity", faced west, personal belongings stored inside | |
| 12437954 | Sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | |
| 12437955 | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | |
| 12437956 | Daoism | religio-philosophical system of Ancient China, which emerged in the 6th century B.C.E, rejected Confucianism | |
| 12437957 | Zhou | 1122 B.C.E - 221 B.C.E, one of the longest lasting dynasties, |
