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| 284559332 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 0 | |
| 284559333 | Hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 1 | |
| 284559334 | Pictograms | the earliest forms of writing in which pictures represent words or ideas | 2 | |
| 284559335 | Sargon of Akkad | an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region's first Semitic dynasty and was considered the founder of the Mesopotamian military tradition. | 3 | |
| 284559336 | Sumer | an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq | 4 | |
| 284559337 | Ur | an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River | 5 | |
| 284559338 | Ziggurat | a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 6 | |
| 284559339 | Akhenaten | early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC) | 7 | |
| 284559340 | Akhentaten | the pharaoh that is not portrayed perfectly, tried to convert all Egyptians to monotheism, and was shone intimately with his family. | 8 | |
| 284559341 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 9 | |
| 284559342 | Caste System | a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity | 10 |
