The first River Valley Civilizations, 3500-1500 B.C.E.
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| 124835775 | Babylon | most important city in Mesopotamia | 124835775 | |
| 124835776 | Semitic | refers to a family of related langues that have long been spoken in parts of the western Asia and northern Africa | 124835776 | |
| 124835777 | city state | independent urban center and argricultural territory | 124835777 | |
| 124835778 | Hammurabi | initiated a series of military campaigns | 124835778 | |
| 124835779 | scribes | trained professionals who applied their reading and writing skills to tasks of admiristration | 124835779 | |
| 124835780 | ziggurat | a multistory, mudbrick,pyramid shaped tower approached by ramps and stairs | 124835780 | |
| 124835781 | amulets | small charms meant to protect the bearer from evil | 124835781 | |
| 124835782 | cuneiform | edge shaped writing | 124835782 | |
| 124835783 | ma'at | the divine authorized order of the universe | 124835783 | |
| 124835784 | Memphis | capital of old kingdom of Egypt | 124835784 | |
| 124835785 | thebes | capital of middle and New kingdom of Egypt | 124835785 | |
| 124835786 | hieroglyphics | earlist form of writing system full of pictured sybols | 124835786 | |
| 124835787 | papyrus | type of ink for the writing system | 124835787 | |
| 124835788 | Harappa | site of one of the great cities in Indus Valley civilization | 124835788 | |
| 124835789 | Mohenjo Daro | largest city of Indus Valley civilization | 124835789 |
