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Code of Hammurabi
a law code enacted by a Babylonian king, with scaled punishments depending on social status
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dynasty
a ruling family that passes its authority down through generations
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hieroglyphics
an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
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monarchy
a government in which power is in the hands of one person
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monotheism
belief in a single, all-powerful god
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polytheism
a belief in many gods
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Mesopotamia
the region located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq
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Sumerians
people of Mesopotamia who created the first large, complex society in human history
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Theocracy
a government controlled by religious leaders
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
major rivers that flow through Mesopotamia
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Ziggurat
a religious, stepped-pyramid built by the Mesopotamians
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cuneiform
an ancient wedge-shaped script invented by the Sumerians
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