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| "slash and burn" agriculture |
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| Slash-and-burn is an agricultural technique which involves cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields. It is subsistence agriculture that typically uses little technology or other tools. It is typically part of shifting cultivation agriculture. |
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| well planned cities. There geometrical layout and skillfully organized sanitation systems suggest that there was a strong central authority. |
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| The Rosetta Stone is an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences between them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. |
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| Dynasty is used to refer to the era during which a family reigned, as well as events, trends and artifacts of that period. |
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