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| 3258170017 | Sumerian civilization | This civilization arose in the south part of Mesopotamia | 0 | |
| 3387452565 | cuneiform | a form of writing developed by Mesopotamians in order to set laws, treaties, and social customs | 1 | |
| 3387453551 | twelve-month calendar | the kind of calendar used by Sumerians | 2 | |
| 3387458873 | ziggurats | terraced pyramids by the Sumerians to appease gods | 3 | |
| 3387462140 | Babylon | Overtook the city of Akkad as a new powerhouse | 4 | |
| 3387597001 | King Hammurabi | the king of Babylon | 5 | |
| 3387597316 | Code of Hammurabi | the code of Babylon which set the precedent for other legal codes. It distinguished between major and minor offenses. It applied to nearly everyone | 6 | |
| 3387601426 | Hittites | Overtook Babylon as the major force in the region | 7 | |
| 3387602528 | iron | the primary material used in Hittites weapons | 8 | |
| 3387604482 | Assyrians | The empire which dominated the Fertile Crescent and adopted the iron used by the Hittites. It had a very brutal army. | 9 | |
| 3387643622 | Egyptian civilization | This civilization developed along the Nile river | 10 | |
| 3387645515 | King Menes | built the capital of Egypt at Memphis and managed floodwaters | 11 | |
| 3387645879 | Queen Hatshepsut | the first female ruler in history and ruled the New Kingdom of Egypt. Property rights extended to women, including divorce rights. | 12 | |
| 3387649027 | Persian Empire | both the Assyrian Empire and the ______ _______ conquered parts of Egypt | 13 | |
| 3387649761 | Indus Valley civilization | this civilization was built near a river and had huge mountains to its north and west, leaving it isolated and protected from invaders | 14 | |
| 3387650571 | Khyber Pass | this passed through the Hindu Kush Mountains to conntect the Indus Valley civilization to the outside world | 15 | |
| 3387655157 | Harrapa, Mohenjo-Daro | These were the two major cities of the Indus River civilization. (_____, ____). They had good planning and irrigation | 16 | |
| 3387658203 | Aryans | nomadic tribes which took over populations of the Indus Valley and established their faith in Hinduism | 17 | |
| 3389576080 | Shang China | Rose in the Hwang Ho River Valley (Yellow River Valey). It controlled parts of northern China from 1600-1100 BCE. However isolated from the rest of the world. | 18 | |
| 3389579962 | patriarchial | this family structure dominated the Shang household | 19 | |
| 3389580242 | Zhou Dynasty | Established by Wu Wang, this dynasty maintained the customs of the Shang Dynasty and ruled from 900 years | 20 | |
| 3389582702 | Mandate of Heaven | established by the Zhou Dynasty which said that heaven only granted the Zhou power if they ruled justly and wisely | 21 | |
| 3389586027 | bureaucracy | this government type dominated the complex kingdoms which split off from the Zhou dynasty | 22 | |
| 3389588745 | Bantu migrations | the migrations of farmers from the Niger and Benue River valleys in West Africa down south and east | 23 | |
| 3389593001 | Jenne-Jeno | the first city in sub-Saharan Africa which was not hierarchically organized, but rather a collection of individual communities | 24 | |
| 3389596009 | Olmec | the early Mexican civilization from 1500 to 400 BCE. They were supported by a surplus in corn, beans, and squash. | 25 | |
| 3389596885 | Chavin | the civilization in the Andes from 900 to 200 BCE. They were a primarily seafood civilization. | 26 |
