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- 3. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
- 6. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 8. between two rivers
- 11. enigmatic or incomprehensible symbols or writing.
- 14. (especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.
- 16. 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.
- 17. the cradle of civilization
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- 1. the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion. Believed to have been directly revealed to seers among the early Aryans in India, and preserved by oral tradition, the four chief collections are the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda.
- 2. a ruler in ancient Egypt.
- 4. the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power especially a personal God or gods
- 5. The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian code of law of ancient Mesopotamia, dated back to about 1754 BC (Middle Chronology).
- 7. denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
- 9. (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).
- 10. Any such mandate or blessing. The Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule. Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of heaven, and despotic, unjust rulers would have the Mandate revoked.
- 12. the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area
- 13. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status
- 15. the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
- 18. an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.