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2. a character used in a system of pictorial writing, particularly that form used on ancient Egyptian Monuments.
4. was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon.
6. a pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top.
9. Crescent is the boomerang-shaped region of the middle east that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations.
10. a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughtout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope.
12. 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.
13. an ancient city in the Punjab in NW Pakistan

1. a city that with its surroundings territory forms an independent state.
3. Diffusion describes the spread of one cultures's practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools.
5. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
7. when members of the same family become rulers one after another, the family is often called dynasty.
8. a ruler in ancient Egypt
11. a system of government in which priests rule in the name of god or a god.
12. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain.