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| civilization | the condition that exists when people have developed effective ways of organizing a society and care about art, science, |
| invaders | people who enter (a place, such as a foreign country) in order to take control by military force |
| loess | an unstratified usually buff to yellowish brown loamy deposit found in North America, Europe, and Asia and believed to be chiefly deposited by the wind |
| fertile | producing many plants or crops : able to support the growth of many plants |
| sorrow | deep sadness |
| disaster | an event such as a hurricane or earthquake; something terrible |
| influenced | caused to happen |
| scholar | a person who has studied a subject for a long time and knows a lot about it : an intelligent and well-educated person who knows a particular subject very well |
| pounded | to hit (something or someone) with force again and again |
| dynasty | a family of rulers who rule over a country for a long period of time |
| interpreted | explained the meaning of (something |
| oracle | a thing or a person (such as a priestess) through whom a god was believed to speak |
| disgusted | very annoyed or angry about something |
| outcome | something that happens as a result of an activity or process |
| surrounded | to be on every side of (someone or something) |
| millet | type of grass that is grown for its seeds which are used as food |
| crop | : a plant or plant product that is grown by farmers |
| cocoon | covering usually made of silk which some insects (such as caterpillars) make around themselves to protect them while they grow |
| wove | . 1 : to make something (such as cloth) by crossing threads or other long pieces of material over and under each other |
| ancestors | a person who was in someone's family in past times : one of the people from whom a person is descended |
