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| loess | yellow, loamy deposit that blows in the wind when dry and fertilizes areas of Mississippi Valley and Yellow River in China |
| dynasty | series of rulers who all belong to the same family |
| pharaoh | an Egyptian word for king, meaning 'great house of the king' |
| empire | political unit make up of groups of territories ruled by one government group of countries of different peoples conquered and ruled by one government. |
| Theocracy | a government in which the ruler is both the religious and political ruler; government in which the religious leader rules the state as god's representative |
| Scribe | person who know how to read or write a language |
| Polytheism | belief in or worship of many dieties or gods |
| Monotheism | belief in or worship of one diety or god |
| papyrus | material Egyptians wrote upon, made by pressing fibers of a reed together |
| city-state | an independent state consisting of a city together with surrounding land and villages. Acity which acts like a state with a ruler, army, etc. |
| Despot | absolute ruler |
| Stylus | pointed instrumentused to write upon papyrus or wet clay |
| Alabaster | white translucent stone, known for brilliant white color |
| Citadel | building on highest point of city, usually housing the city's weapons, graidn and god/goddess |
| Millet | form of grain - had very bland taste - eaten by 1/3 of world's people (China) |
| Ziggurat | building with many levels made with sun-dried bricks, usually with a temple on top level |
| Pyramid | type of structure used for a tomb for and Egyptian pharaoh (king) |
| astrology | study of the stars and constellations and their effect on human life |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing done by marking in wet clay |
| hieroglyphics | a kind of picture writing developed by the Egyptians |
