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| Question | Answer |
| Mesopotamia | was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, |
| Mesopotamia | was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean |
| Sumerians | of or relating to Sumer, its ancient language, or the early, non-Semitic element it contributed to Babylonian civilization |
| Polyytheistic | is belief in many gods |
| Ziggurats | a rectangular stepped tower |
| theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
| Cuneiform | denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia |
| Hammurabi's Law code | a Babylonian legal code of the 18th century b.c. or earlier, instituted by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil matters. |
| Patriarchal | of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch. |
| Nile river | It is the longest river on Earth . |
| Inundation | Annual flooding of the nile river |
| Cataracts | waterfalls along the nile river . |
| King Menes | lourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty. |
| Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. |
| Pharaoh | a ruler in ancient Egypt. |
| Vizier | a high official in some Muslim countries, especially in Turkey under Ottoman rule. |
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