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What were the sumerian temples called?
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Ziggurats
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sumerians built with ____, egyptians built pyramids out of _____.
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sand, stone
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earliest sumerian city is _______.
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Ur
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whats loess
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a fertile deposit of wind blown soil
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what were the houses like in mesopotamia? how bout on the indus?
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in mesopotamia they were all jumbled up and different sizes, on the indus they were on a precise grid
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define: feudalism
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a political system in which nobles are granted the use of land that legally belongs to their king in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the poeple who live on the land
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define: dynastic cycle
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the historical pattern of the rise and decline and replacemeny of rulers from one family
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capital of ancient china
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anyang. it was built mainly of wood cuz it was in a forest clearing
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who were the warriors fromt the noth who took control of india?
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aryans
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what are the two rivers in anciet china
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yellow river and yangtze river
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capital of india
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new dehli
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four main casts
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1. priests
2. warriors 3. merchants 4. common people |
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dharma
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the religious and moral duties of a individual
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reincarnation
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rebirth of the soul in another body, soul never dies
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the point of mummication was.....?
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to preserve the body so t he soul could stay in the afterlife
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