Development of the River Civilizations
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| Culture | a people's unique way of life
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| Neolithic Revolution | change in human life caused by farming, people shift from food gathering to food producing
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| Domestication | the taming of animals for human use
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| Civilization | a form of culter characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and advanced technolgy
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| Specialization | the development of skills in a particular kind of work such as trading or record keeping
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| Institution | a long lasting pattern of organization in a community
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| Cuneiform | a system of writing with wedge shaped symbols invented by the sumerians
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| Mesopotamia | an open plain in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers whose waters allowed for the formation of farming settlements
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| City-State | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
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| Dynasty | a series of rulers from a single family
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| Cultural Diffusion | the spreading of ideas or prodcuts from culture to another
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| Polytheism | the belief in many gods
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| Empire | a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler
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| Hammurabi's Code | developed by the Babylonians it was the earliest known written law code. It promoted justice, but often treated social classes differently
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| Theocracy | a government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine ruler or a government controlled by religious leaders
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| Hieroglyphics | ancient Engyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sound
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| Subcontinent | a large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent
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| Harappan civilization | arose along the Indus River and characterized by sophisticated city planning
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| Mandate of Heaven | used in ancient China to give divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority
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| Dynastic Cycle | the rise, decline, and replacment of dynasties
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