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17 Cards in this Set
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Harappan civilization
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indigenous Indian civilization of the Indus valley of what is now Pakistan, c 2700 to 1700 BC
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Dilmun, Bahrain
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important transshipment port between Mesopotamia and the Indus valley in the Persian Gulf as early as 2500 BC
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Magan
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port on the Persian Gulf used for transsshipments between Mesopotamia nd the Indus Valley
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Meluhha
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important Persian Gulf transshipment port for the Indus civilization, exact location unknown
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Harappa, Pakistan
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major city of the Harappan civilization, c 2500 BC
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Mohenjodaro
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Harappan city, well designed with different places for different castes
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Mauryan Empire, India
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early Indian empire centered on the Ganges River during the mid-first millennium BC
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Xia
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early dynasty of northern Chinese rulers dating to before 1700 BC, known for both archaeological evidence and legend
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Erlitou, China
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northern Chinese city occupied between 1900 and 1500 BC, one of the founding kingdoms of the Shang civilization
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Ao, China
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Shang civilization capital in northern China, occupied c1560 BC
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Xiao-tun, China
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capital of the Shang civilization, 1400 to 1122 BC, located in the Anyang region of northern China
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Zhou
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important Chinese dynasty that ruled over much of northern China after 1122 BC
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mandala
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Hindu conception of the state, applied to Southeast Asian archaeology
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Funan, Cambodia
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prosperous city-state region in Southeast Asia between 3rd and 6th centuries
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Zhenla, Cambodia
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major center of economic and political life on the middle Mekong River and Cambodia's Tonle Sap, 6th century AD
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Angkor Thom, Cambodia
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royal capital and shrine built by the Khmer rulers of Cambodia between AD 1000 and 1200
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Ta Prohm, Cambodia
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Khmer temple near Angkor Thom dedicated in the 12th century AD
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