world civ crossword

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  1. 3. The use of images and symbols in art
  2. 4. A simplified form of hieroglyphics
  3. 6. The deportation of Judeans to Babylon after the fall of Jerusalem
  4. 9. A list of judicial decisions that the Babylonian king Hammurabi had inscribed on stone pillars throughout his kingdom
  5. 11. The way words are used and put together in speaking or writing
  6. 16. A very distant ancestor of modern humans who lived in eastern and southern Africa between 2.5 and 4 million years ago
  7. 17. Stone tools and hand-axes made beginning around 250,000 years ago and consisting of flakes rather than cores
  8. 18. Nomadic people who rely on herds of domesticated animals for food
  9. 19. A field of history that looks at all classes and categories of people, not just elites
  10. 22. A Chinese religion that emphasized respect of nature, the cosmos, and mysticism
  11. 23. The study of how historians have already interpreted the past
  12. 24. A taxonomic rank that includes several similar and related species
  13. 25. One of twenty governing districts in Persia administered by royal governors called satraps, who answered directly to the king
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  1. 1. The three groups in southern Korea that were among the earliest with tribal chieftains
  2. 2. The shift from hunting and gathering to a life based primarily on agriculture
  3. 5. The eastern half of the Eurasian Steppe that stretches into Mongolia and runs along the northern border of China
  4. 7. The view that it is enough to study the deeds and impact of important leaders to paint an accurate picture of the past
  5. 8. A form of slavery that one person is owned by another as a piece of property
  6. 10. Sharpened stones used for a variety of cutting, scraping, and chopping purposes
  7. 12. A term describing the ancient Indus valley civilization
  8. 13. A line of kings that ruled New Kingdom Egypt following the rule of Ramses I
  9. 14. A Chinese school of philosophy shaping morality, governance, education, and family life
  10. 15. A school of philosophical thought that helped dynasties such as the Qin use uniform laws and codes to reform and strengthen rulers
  11. 20. A phonetic writing system based on the sounds of words and invented by the Sumerians in about 3000 BCE
  12. 21. A state or kingdom that is nominally independent in the running of its internal affairs but must submit to the demands of a dominating empire and usually provide tribute to it