chapter 2 and 3 of ancient Egypt

3. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
7. of Heaven The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
8. code The code of Hammurabi is a well preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754.
11. writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
13. The belief in then worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal Gods.
14. The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
15. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
16. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
17. a line of hereditary ruler of a country.
18. an ancient Indict language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived.

1. the ruler of ancient Egypt.
2. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Medic religion.
4. crescent" crescent where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumner and Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris rivers.
5. The process can occur either naturally, or it can be intentional.
6. was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau.
9. A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
10. denoting or relating to the wedge shaped characters used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving.
12. The artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.