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- 2. Alphabet The earliest known alphabet.
- 4. system used in ancient Egypt.
- 5. hieroglyphics
- 7. code system of recorded laws
- 8. valley The area around a river that is good for farming.
- 9. Pictures or symbols that were used as a writing system.
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- 1. Crescent An area from the Middle East to North Africa that had rich soil and was very good for agriculture.
- 3. leader A leader who gains power when his father dies.
- 6. Ancient writing system from Mesopotamia mostly on clay tablets.