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1
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An arc of rich farmland located in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea

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Fertile Crescent

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A plain located in the Fertile Crescent

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Mesopotamia

3
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A city that functions like a small country

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City-State

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A series of rulers from the same family

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Dynasty

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The process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another

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Cultural Diffusion

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Believing in more than 1 god

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Polytheism

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A group of city-states or provinces that are under the control of one ruler

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Empire

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A king of the Babylon

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Hammurabi

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Marshy region formed by deposits of silk at the mouth of a river

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Delta

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An Egyptian king

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Narmer

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Egyptian God-kings

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Pharaohs

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Government in which rule is based on religious authority

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Theocracy

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A large structure with a triangular base

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Pyramid

14
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Embalming and drying a corpse to keep it from decaying

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Mummification

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A more flexible way of writing using pictures and symbols

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Hieroglyphics

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Writing surface consisting of reeds

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Papyrus