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Canopic jar

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Where mummy parts are stored

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Amenhotep IV

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Tried to bring monotheism to Eygpt

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Homo habilis

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“Handyman”
First to make tools
Africa

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Dorians

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From north of Greece

Brought dark age into Greece

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Monsoons

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Seasonal storms in India

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Harrapan written language

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Have yet to decipher

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Anatolia

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Modern day turkey

Asia Minor

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Cataract

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Waterfall

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Basic ideas of Confucianism

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5 basic relationships
Everyone has a place
Family
Social order

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Kush

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Empire to the south of Eygpt

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Secondary source

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Got from primary source

Didn’t live through event

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Generalization

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Statement that an be specified

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Bias

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Prejudist

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13
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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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15
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Howard carter

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Found King Tut’s tomb

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Domestication of animals

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Game wild animals to serve human needs

Dogs, goats, horses, pigs

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Sargon

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Ruler of Akkad

I’m control of north and south Mesopotamia

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Hammurabi

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Ruler of Babylonia

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Restored Babylonia

Hanging gardens

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Moksha

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When Hindus stop being reborn

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Caste system

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Social class system based on job
India
Hinduism

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Pharohs relationship with the gods

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Among them

Chief priest

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Reason for Egyptian decline

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Enemies got tougher

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Wudi

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Tutor for buerocracy test

Started school for it

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Buerocracy test

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Test to see if worthy for government job

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Asoka and Buddhism

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War
Many people died
Asoka grief 
Converted to Buddhism
Spread Buddhist teachings
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Loess

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Fine yellow soil

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Citadel

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Fortified structure
Had weapons
Center of city

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Oracle bones

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Write question on bone
Priest pokes it with hot stick
Cracks determine fate

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Cunieform

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Mesopotamian writing

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31
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The republic

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Written work by Plato

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32
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Euclid

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Mathematician

Geometry

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33
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Geography of Greece

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Mountains kept them from ever uniting

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34
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Oligarchy

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Rule by group of citizens smaller that aristocracy

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35
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Solon

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Brought political and economical reforms to Athens

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36
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Aristocracy

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Noble families in charge

Job in government inherited

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37
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Acropolis

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Raised area on which city is

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38
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Troy

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City-state where Trojan war asked place

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39
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Muses

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Minor goddesses of inspiration

40
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Anthenian citizenship

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Male
Landowning
Born in Athens
Adult

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Primary source

A

Lived through event

42
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Neolithic revolution

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Start of agriculture

43
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Opinion

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Statement based on thoughts

Not fact

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Direct democracy

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All citizens vote

45
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Pericles

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Leader of Athens in golden age

46
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Polis

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Greek city state

47
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Peloponnesian war

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Between Sparta and Athens

Sparta won

48
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Atman

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Individual soul

Hinduism

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Brahma

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Creator in Hinduism

50
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Eight fold path

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Buddhism

Follow to help achieve nirvana

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Shiva

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Hindu

Destroyer

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Ganges river

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Sacred to Hinduism

Important river in India

53
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Vishnu

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Protector and preserver

Hinduism

54
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Buddha

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Creator of Buddhism

Siddartha

55
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Four noble truths

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All people know sorrow
Suffer because desire
Stop suffering by ending desire
Emliminate desires by following 8 fold path

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Karma

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Hinduism
Affect who you get reborn as
Everything you do
Good vs. bad

57
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Planned cities in India

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Citadel

Plumming

58
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Reincarnation

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When souls is reborn into different live

59
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Natural boundaries

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Not enough to block out invaders

Enough to make dynasty separated

60
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Role of women

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Housekeeper

Mother

61
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Mandate of Heaven

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Right to rule by god

62
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Lao tzu

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Founded daiosm

63
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Yin and yang

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Balance in nature

64
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Daiosm

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Government meant that governs the least is the best

Balance

65
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Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian writing

Made from pictures

66
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Hatshepsut

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Husband died
Took his place while son was too young
When son old enough, decided she liked rulings and made herself pharaoh

67
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Papyrus

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Paper in Eygpt

68
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Ziggurat

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Pyramid with levels
Mesopotamian
Often built to gods

69
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Writing system in china

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Over 3,000 characters

70
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5 basic relationships

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Ruler to subject
Parent to child
Husband to wife
Older
Sibling to younger sibling
Friend to friend
71
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Shush huang ti

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Legalism
Great Wall
Chinese emporer

72
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Legalism

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Rich rewards

Hard punishments

73
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Chinese writing system

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Only way to communicate between different dialects

74
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Chinese natural boundaries

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Enough to separate people, but not enough to keep out invaders

75
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Confucius

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Rules
Follow rules, life/society is balanced
5 basic relationships

76
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Asia Minor

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Anatolia

Modern day Turkey

77
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Hitites

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1st to use iron

from Asia Minor

78
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Moses

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Led Jews out of Eygpt

79
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Persians

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Policy of toleration
Cyrus started this
Big empire

80
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Cyrus

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Leader of Persians who started policy of toleration

81
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Satrapies

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Provinces in Persian empire

82
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Zoroastrianism

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Religion of Persians

Fight between good and evil

83
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Ahura Mazda

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Good god

Persian

84
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Ahriman

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Liked to devil

Bad Persian god

85
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Lydians

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1st to use gold and silver coins

86
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Babylonians

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1st: Amorites
2nd: Chaldeans and Medes

87
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Solomon

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Temple in Jerusalem

Jew

88
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David

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Jew

Built Jerusalem

89
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Covenant

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Promise between gods

And Hebrews

90
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Ziggurats

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Temple

Sumerians

91
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Austrailopithecus

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Walked on two legs

Lucy

92
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Epics

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Long stories

93
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Effects because of Neolithic revolution

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Calendars
Using metals
Domesticated animals

94
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Medes

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United lower Egypt and and upper Egypt

95
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Prehistoric

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Time before writing

96
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First civilizations

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Always by water

Mostly rivers

97
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Agriculture people

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Stayed in one spot
Permanent housing
Inventions
Not a varied diet

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