Origins of Civilization Vocab

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  1. 2. agriculture, and the earliest known writing system, cuneiform, originated there as well.
  2. 5. - The sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty, who expanded a small city-state
  3. 7. based on power, status, wealth, or authority.
  4. 9. social classes, and writing systems.
  5. 11. - An ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols instead
  6. 14. down from one generation to the next.
  7. 16. East and marked a massive shift in world history. Humans changed from nomadic
  8. 18. or empire through hereditary succession.
  9. 20. - To arrange laws, rules, or system information into a clear, organized, and written code.
  10. 23. Period - The final stage of the Stone Age. It began around 10,000 BCE in the
  11. 24. rules over distinct, diverse territories and ethnic groups.
  12. 27. into settled farmers who grew crops and raised animals.
  13. 29. standard letters.
  14. 30. - The belief in the existence of only one god or in the oneness of God.
  15. 31. living in a single permanent location. This movement is usually seasonal and tied to
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  1. 1. - Mesopotamia was one of the first places where humans started practicing
  2. 3. - A member of a community that moves regularly from place to place rather
  3. 4. - The supreme political and religious ruler of ancient Egypt
  4. 6. laws, arts, food, and daily habits. It is the human-made part of the environment that is
  5. 8. - a large political unit or sovereign state where a dominant central power (the
  6. 10. - The belief in and worship of multiple gods or deities.
  7. 12. - An independent, sovereign country made up of a single main city and the
  8. 13. food, water, or grazing pastures for survival.
  9. 14. Period - The earliest and longest phase of human prehistory. It began roughly
  10. 15. - The shared way of life of a group of people. This includes their language, beliefs,
  11. 17. - A sequence of rulers from the same family or lineage who hold power over a
  12. 19. - A complex human society. It features cities, a central government, job
  13. 21. - a system where people, groups, or institutions are ranked one above the
  14. 22. with the end of the last Ice Age and the rise of agriculture.
  15. 25. Code of Hammurabi, one of the oldest and most complete written legal codes in human
  16. 26. lands or villages around it.
  17. 28. the Euphrates River into an empire that united all of Mesopotamia. He is most famous for