vocab

3. a three-dimensional geometric shape with a flat polygon base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a single top point called an apex
5. a boomerang-shaped region in the Middle East where humanity's first settled farming communities and ancient civilizations began
6. the Indus Valley Civilization, an advanced Bronze Age culture that flourished in South Asia from about 3300 to 1900 BCE
8. a tall, grass-like wetland plant native to the Nile River valley and the thick writing material made from its stem
9. a sovereign, self-governing country made up of a single city and its surrounding territory
11. a formal writing system that uses picture symbols to represent objects, sounds, or ideas
12. a large-scale seasonal reversal of wind direction that brings major changes in precipitation
13. Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of Babylon, reigning from c. 1792 BC to c. 1750 BC
14. the religious belief in or worship of multiple gods and goddesses

1. an ancient Chinese political and philosophical concept that a ruler's right to govern is granted by a divine force known as Heaven, provided they rule justly and virtuously
2. the spread of cultural elements such as ideas, styles religions technologies and languages from one society or group to another
4. a sequence of rulers or leaders who belong to the same family
7. the title used for a king or queen of ancient Egypt
10. a system of government where a deity or god is recognized as the supreme ruler, and the state's laws are based on religious teachings and enforced by religious leaders