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hammurabi
ruler known for his creation or a list of laws that unified his empire
harrupan
early civilization which had first planned cities and cufisticsted plumbing (indus valley)
fertile crescent
región in between the medeteranian dea and pwrsian gulf where first civilization arose
picto graphs
writing system which primarily used pictures
loess
the soil in the yellow river which makes the yellow river yellow
dynasty
series of rulers from the same family
pharoh
Egyptian ruler which considered to be a king and a god
hieroglyphs
form of egyptian writing with pictures standing for ideas and sound
shang
king consulted through use of oracle bones
mesopotamia
land between tigris and euphrates river
city state
a political unit that operates similarly to others and shares one ruler
mandate of heaven
determined if an emperor is fit to rule
empire
is the result of unifying several peoples nations or states under one ruler
cultural diffusion
the process which the ideas,beliefs and products of one group of people are shared and accepted by others
sumer
a region which was the site of the first civilization