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A culture with well-developed forms of government, religion, writing, and learning
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Civilization
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The use of tools and skills to make a product or achieve a goal
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Technology
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A large mud-brick temple; found in Sumerian cities
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Ziggurat
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An organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions
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Government
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A city or village and the farmlands around it
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City-state
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A government in which one person has the right to rule
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Monarchy
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To have the right to do something
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Authority
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An extra supply
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Surplus
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People who buy and sell goods for a living
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Merchants
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In ancient times, a person who knew how to write
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Scribe
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New ways of doing things
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Innovations
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Take over the land of others
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Conquer
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A conquered land of many people and places governed by one ruler
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Empire
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Ruler of an empire
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Emperor
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A code or collection of 282 laws that dealt with almost every aspect of life
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Code of Hammurabi
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Fair treatment under the law
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Equal justice
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Belief in one supreme being
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Monotheism
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According to the bible: A set of laws for responsible behavior; given to Moses by God
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Ten Commandments
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Religion of the Jewish people
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Judaism
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The stories of the Israelites; Five Books of Moses
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Torah
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A settlement separated from, but under the control of, a home country
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Colony
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To exchange one good or service for another
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Barter
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Economic system based on the use of money rather than barter
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Money economy
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Spreading of new ideas to other places
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Cultural diffusion
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An agreement
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Covenant
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