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7265117132gilgameshA legendary king of the Sumerian city state of Uruk who is supposed to have ruled sometime during the first half of the 3rd millennium BC0
7265123629epic of gilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature1
7265129397hammurabi's lawsa well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC2
7265136571code of ur-nammuthe oldest known law code surviving today.3
7265144006ziggurata rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.4
7265148792empirean extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress5
7265154533iron metallurgypreindustrial sub-Saharan Africa encompasses both studies of the technology and archaeology of indigenous iron production6
7265160908cuneiformdenoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets7
7265164213ten commandmentslaws or rules handed down to Moses by God on Mount Sinai.8
7265168416polynesianrelating to Polynesia, its people, or their languages9
7265182242monothesimthe doctrine or belief that there is only one God.10
7265184829hebrewsa member of an ancient people living in what is now Israel and Palestine and, according to biblical tradition, descended from the patriarch Jacob, grandson of Abraham11
7265188205judaismthe monotheistic religion of the Jews12
7265191486hieroglyphicsenigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing13
7265202208hittitesa member of an ancient people who established an empire in Asia Minor and Syria14
7265205032war chariotsAn ancient horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in war, races, and processions15
7265207276vedic religionIt was the precursor of Hinduism, and its beliefs and practices are contained in the Vedas.16
7265217069zoroastrianisma monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century BC17

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