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5068982567TheocracyA system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.0
5068982568BabylonAn ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower Euphrates valley: its greatest period was 2800-1750 BC1
5068982569SumerianOf or relating to Sumer, its people, or their language2
5068982570Mandate of HeavenA political theory of ancient China in which those were given the right to rule from a divine source3
5068982571City StatesA sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies4
5068982572Hammurabi18th century BC or earlier, King of Babylonia5
5068982573ScribeA person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing6
5068982574ZigguratsA temple origin in the form of a pyramidal tower7
5068982575AryansA member of descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.8
5068982576CuneiformHaving the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped9
5068982577PharaohA title of an a ancient Egyptian King10
5068982578PyramidsA quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb11
5068982579AnimistThe belief in spiritual beings or agencies12
5068982580HieroglyphicsPictographic script from ancient Egyptians13
5068982581PapyrusAn ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material.14
5068982582VedasThe entire body of Hindu sacred writing15

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