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RVC
River Valley Civilization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthropology | The study of humans, past and present. |
| cultural hearth | Any place where certain related changes in land-use appeared due to human domestication of plants and animals. |
| cuneiform | Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia. |
| Hammurabi’s Code | Babylonian legal code of the 18th century b.c. or earlier, instituted by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil matters. |
| millennium | A period of time equal to 1000 years |
| theocracy | A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
| Tigris-Euphrates River Valley | A form major river system in Western Asia. |