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domesticate |
to adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use
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hieroglyphics
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an ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
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geometric boundaries
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a fixed limit or extent that typically follows straight lines
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nationalism
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a belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state
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nomads
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a member of a wandering pastoral people
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civilization
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the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced
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bedouins
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member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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Nile River
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the worlds longest river |
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irrigation systems
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a system of supplying land with water by canals
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Peninsula
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a piece of land extending out into a body of water
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