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| The Nile River | the longest river in the world- located in Africa |
| hieroglyphics | writing developed by the Nile River people using pictures or symbols to represent words and sounds |
| papyrus | a kind of paper made by the Egyptians from the stem of the papyrus plant |
| dynasty | a family of rulers |
| pharaohs | dynastic religious and polictical rulers |
| empires | a form of government inwhich an individual or single people ruled over many other peoples and their territories |
| polytheism | a believe in many gods |
| monotheism | a believe in one god |
| scribes | an elite group of educated people |
| mummification | a process of preserving a dead body |
| cuneiform | a form of Sumerian writing developed from pictographic writing |
| ziggurats | Sumerian temples |
| city-state | a form of community developed by the Sumerians which included the town or city and the surrounding area |
| Hammurabi | a strong ruler of Babylon |
| barter | the exchange of one good or service for another |
| money economy | the use of money that allowed traders to set prices for goods and services |
| Hebrews | ancestors of modern Jews |
| Abraham | the founder of the Hebrew people |
| Moses | a man who lead the enslaved Hebrew out of Egypt |
| covenants | a solemn agreement entered into by the Hebrews when they agreed to follow the Ten Commandments |
| Torah | the first five books of the Bible |
| Hammurabi code | first known law code |
| Harappa | grid-like, well organized Indian City |
| Indus River | provided irrigation to early India |
| Ganges | Holy river of Hindus |
| Sanskrit | early Indian writing sytem |
| Himalayas | mountains that serve as a protective barrier for India |
| Huang He | also known as the river of sorrow |
| dynastic cycle | the overthrow of Chinese rulers |
| Mandate of Heaven | the justification for dynastic cycle |
| Zhou | first to claim Mandate of Heaven |
