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12/14/2010

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Papyrus
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Writing material made out of plant stems by ancient egyptians
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Silt
Definition
Fertile soil carried as sediment in river water
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Hieroglyphics
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method of Egyptian writing that used pictures or symbols to represent words
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Mummification
Definition
preservation process that involves treating a corpse with various principals
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Mesopotamia
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one of the four geographical regions were civilizations developed
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city-states
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form of government that consisted of a town or city and the surrounding land it controlled
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cuneiform
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summerian method of writing using a stylus to make combinations of wedge shapes
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arch
Definition
curved structure over an opening
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pantheism
Definition
belief that god is in everything
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polytheism
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belief in many gods
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ziggurats
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summerian temples built in layers
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suttee
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indian ritual in which widow commits suicide by throwing herself on husbands funeral pyre
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vedas
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the great literature of the indo-aryan religion
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upanishads
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philosophical explanations of the vedic religion
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epics
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long poems describing heroes and events
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