The belief in. or worship of more than one god.

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority.

Means "between rivers". A fertile valley situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

A line of hereditary rulers of a country or region.

The spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items.

The 6th king of the First Babylonian Dynasty. Known for his law code, often related to the phrase "an eye for an eye".

A large, distinguishable part of a continent.

A triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets.

The proper term for a ruler in ancient Egypt.

A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of southeast Asia blowing from the southwest between May and September. Also brings heavy rains.

A loosely compacted yellowish-gray deposit of windblown sediment of which extensive deposits occur.

A monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top.

The process of embalming and drying a dead body by wrapping in cloth.

The divine source of authority and the right to rule of China's early kings and emperors.

Greek for "sacred carvings", this was a writing system used by the ancient Egyptians.

One of the earliest systems of writing, invented by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia.

A material prepared from the pithy stem of a water plant that was used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting. Can also be used for making rope, sandals, and boats.

A structure of government that provided social order, based on ties of loyalty and land ownership in ancient China and Japan. Later adopted in European life.

Pieces of ox bone that were used for fortune-telling, predicting weather, and crop planting in ancient China.

The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use.

People that have no permanent abode, who travel from place to place, usually seasonally and within well-defined territory.

The wide-scale transition for many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement.

a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging.

A method of cultivation in which forests are burned and cleared for planting or agriculture.