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| Cuneiform | one of the earliest known forms of written expression. emerging in sumer around 30th Cent. BC |
| Ziggurant | structures built in Mesopotamian valley and iran plateau. Part of a temple of complex includ. buildings |
| Rameses I | 1st king of 19th Dynasty, son of military commander Ramesses. Entered military and went up to commander troops |
| Askoka | also known as Ashoka the Great. Indian emperor who ruled all of indian subcontinent 269-232 |
| Reincarnation | Belief that when one dies, body decomposes but something of oneself is reborn in another bodt |
| Caste System | System of social stratification. social restricition and a basis for affirmative action in India |
| Siddartha Guatama | Spiritual teacher from the Indian Subcontinent on whose teaching buddhism |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Babalonian Empire. 605-562. Credited w/the Construction of hanging garden in Babylon |
| Sargon II | King of Assyrain. Became co-regent w/ Shamanesar V in 722. Same year he died and Sargon took over |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Celebrates the sumrian king as tragic hero. It recourts the pursit of fame and immoralityt |
| harappa | Its also known as the Indus valley civilization. urban civ. was mainly an urban culture by agriculture production and commernce. |
