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  1. 4. a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city and, especially historically, any dependent settlements or territories.
  2. 7. an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
  3. 9. pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods.
  4. 12. an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached.
  5. 13. thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
  6. 14. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
  7. 15. any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
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  1. 1. (sometimes lowercase) of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East.
  2. 2. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group.
  3. 3. The company focuses its offering on so-called digital nomads, and previously said it would target metropolitan areas with large expatriate communities to drive U.S. growth.
  4. 4. to compile (laws, rules, etc.) into an orderly, formal code.
  5. 5. a form of writing, esp as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, concepts, or sounds
  6. 6. The kings of ancient Egypt (see also Egypt). The pharaohs headed strong governments. They are remembered for establishing extensive irrigation systems and for building as tombs the imposing pyramids, which still stand today.
  7. 8. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c..
  8. 10. a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.
  9. 11. 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.