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- 2. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 4. is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754 BC.
- 6. from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers
- 7. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
- 9. is a crescent-shaped region where agriculture and early human civilizations
- 11. the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
- 13. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion.
- 14. the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
- 15. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
- 16. one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians
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- 1. is a type of massive stone structure built in ancient Mesopotamia
- 3. Any such mandate or blessing. The Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule.
- 5. writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
- 8. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
- 10. the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization.
- 12. an ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived.