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Nile River
The Nile is an "international" river as its water resources are shared by eleven countries. Nile is the primary water resource and life artery for Egypt and Sudan
Fertile Crescent
the region in the Middle East where the civilizations of the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin began.
Mesopotamia
"[land] between rivers". term Mesopotamia was more generally applied to all the lands between the Euphrates and the Tigris
Hebrews
Hebrews are peoples descended from Shem, one of Noah's sons, through Eber, the eponymous ancestor, and Abraham
Pharaoh
is a title used in many modern discussions of the rulers of all Ancient Egyptian dynasties
Cultural diffusion
spread of cultural items—such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, languages et
Ziggurat
were massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.
Heirarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Cuneiform
is one of the earliest known systems of writing,[1] distinguished by its "wedge-shaped" marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus
Scribe
someone who writes down what someone says
Monotheistic
is the belief in one god
Prophet
a member of some religions (such as Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) who delivers messages that are believed to have come from God
Ethics
moral code, morals, morality, values, rights and wrongs, principles, ideals, standards (of behavior), value system, virtues, dictates of conscience
Diaspora
is a scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area. The word has come to refer particularly to historical mass dispersions of an involuntary nature, such as the expulsion of Jews from the Middle East