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- 3. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
- 7. of Heaven 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.
- 8. code The code of Hammurabi is a well preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754.
- 11. writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
- 13. The belief in then worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal Gods.
- 14. The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
- 15. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
- 16. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 17. a line of hereditary ruler of a country.
- 18. an ancient Indict language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived.
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- 1. the ruler of ancient Egypt.
- 2. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Medic religion.
- 4. crescent" crescent where agriculture and early human civilizations like the Sumner and Ancient Egypt flourished due to inundations from the surrounding Nile, Euphrates, and Tigris rivers.
- 5. The process can occur either naturally, or it can be intentional.
- 6. was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau.
- 9. A rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.
- 10. denoting or relating to the wedge shaped characters used in ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving.
- 12. The artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.