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| 7254762815 | Norte Chico/Caral | *Definition:* Civilization in North Central Peru that was the largest of 25 urban centers. *Significance:* Cities were smaller than Mesopotamia. Less evidence of economic specialization based on fishing. Shows why they weren't as advanced as Mesopotamia and Egypt. Qualities of South America. |  | 0 |
| 7254762816 | Indus Valley Civilization | *Definition:* Civilization that flourished in the Indus River Valley. Had elaborately planned cities. *Significance:* It embraced a far larger area than Egypt and Mesopotamia with elaborately planned out cities. Irrigated agriculture provided an economic base and a written language. |  | 1 |
| 7254762817 | Olmec Civilization | *Definition:* Civilization that took shape in South Mexico. *Significance:* Based on agriculture and known as the mother of civilization of mesoamerica. Their cultural patterns spread later to Maya and teotihuacan civilizations. |  | 2 |
| 7254762818 | Uruk | *Definition:* Ancient Mesopotamia's largest city. *Significance:* Largest city in Mesopotamia. Population around 50,000. City's center had a ziggurat. |  | 3 |
| 7254762819 | Mohenjo Daro/Harappa | *Definition:* City that flourished on the banks of the Indus River with population of about 40,000. *Significance:* Had housed built of 2-3 stories high. Innovative indoor plumbing. They had a complex sewer system under the city. |  | 4 |
| 7254762820 | Epic of Gilgamesh | *Definition:* Epic poem that described Mesopotamia's lack of belief in an afterlife and their pessimistic view of the gods. *Significance:* Provided us with a look into how people in Mesopotamia viewed humankind and their lived and gods. |  | 5 |
| 7254762821 | Code of Hammurabi | *Definition*: 282 laws enforced under Hammurabi's rule in Babylon. *Significance:* One of the first example of written law in ancient civilizations. It was "equal" but punishments were based on social class. |  | 6 |
| 7254762822 | Patriarchy | *Definition:* Social organization in which a male is the head. *Significance:* Developed the idea that men were superior to women through history. Allowed men to be more likely leaders. Women had to start with lower/lesser jobs and status. |  | 7 |
| 7254762823 | Rise of the State | *Definition:* Organized around cities or larger territories headed by Kings, advised by officials/priests. *Significance:* The state replaced the kinship as the basic organization of society and gave far more authority to the leaders. Allowed different types of ruling and stricter rule/laws. | 8 | |
| 7254762824 | Egypt "the gift of the Nile" | *Definition:* In the spring, water ran off the Mountains causing the Nile to flood. *Significance:* The Nile flooded predictably and annually allowing Egyptians to flourish and have a successful harvest from the soil. |  | 9 |
| 7254762825 | Paneb | *Definition:* Egyptian criminal who eventually disappeared after someone reported his crimes (Uncle). *Significance:* Shows that Egyptians did have corruption and criminals that did many things without being "caught" because of social status. |  | 10 |
| 7254762826 | Nubia | *Definition:* South of Egypt, controlled by Egyptians. *Significance:* The 2 civilizations often traded. Helped spread each others culture around that area. |  | 11 |
