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208574060Erosioncondition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind0
208574061Foragingthe act of searching for food and provisions1
208574062Hammurabi's CodeA legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties.2
208574063Hieroglyphica writing system using picture symbols3
208574064Hittitiesa group of indo-european speakers who occupied Anatolia by about 2000 B.C.4
209769109Indo-Europeanthe language almost all other languages came from5
209769110KarmaIn Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life6
209769111Loessyellow-brown soil7
209769112Maizetall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears8
209769113Mandate of Heavena political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source9
209769114Matriarchalrelating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family10
209769115Mercenarya person hired to fight for another country than their own11
209769116Metallurgythe science and technology of metals12
209769117MokshaThe Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths.13
209769118Monotheismbelief in one god14
209769119Neolithiclatest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)15
209769120Nomada member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons16

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