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Located in present day Egypt. The Egyptian civilization was shaped like a unified territorial state. This civilization is also well known for their pyramids, pharos, and other civilization known as Nubia.
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Located in the competing city-states of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia. The Sumerian civilization was located in between the Euphrates and Tigris River in present day Iraq.
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Quipu is a device made with string or hairs to keep records and communicate.
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A group of around 25 urban centers created the Norte Chico civilization. It had cities smaller than the ones in Sumer and was a rich fishing civilization. The civilizations did not have walls for defense and barely any evidence of warfare in this civilization has been found.
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During this period, Pharos held lots of power in the Egyptian civilization and pyramids were being built
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The Indus Valley civilization has little to no information on the political hierarchy or centralized state. We do know that in 1700 BC, this civilization fell due to its high environmental usage and that their culture was passed on to a later civilization of the Indian subcontinent. The Central Asian civilization, also known as the Oxus civilization had a very unique cultural mix of architecture, burials, seals, ceramics and more. This was also a aristocratic social hierarchy.
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A civilization with many dynasties, rulers, and a unique Chinese political ideology. This civilization also had a early writing system of Chinese and this civilization kept a constant identity from its past into modern times.
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This was the first dynasty created and was the first form of government in the Chinese civilization.
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These cities were a part of the Indus Valley and Central Asian civilizations. During this time period, these cities were flourishing with rich two to three story buildings, indoor plumbing and bathrooms, and streets in grid like positions. They had grand public buildings and high 45 foot walls.
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The "Epic of Gilgamesh" is a Mesopotamian ancient epic poem.
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This writing was a legal code which was followed by citizens and used on citizens depending on their social status.
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These cities were abandoned and completely forgotten about until scientists dug the up later on.
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A dynasty of the Chinese Civilization and was also known as the Yin.
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The New Kingdom was one of the best times of the civilization of Egypt. It was a time of wealth, power, and success.
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The Egyptian Empire was created during the New Kingdom era of Egypt, it was a time of wealth, power, and success.
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This civilization was located along the Gulf of Mexico near what is now Veracruz in southern Mexico. This civilization is also known as the "mother civilization" of Mesoamerica and created many cultural patterns which were passed to other civilizations.
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This dynasty was created right after the end of the Shang Dynasty and was another dynasty of the Chinese civilization.
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The Olmec civilization created the first written language in the Americas.
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Located in Mesopotamia, this empire was created before the Persian Empire and had an organized government with an army to protect themselves.
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This conquest took place after the fall of the New Kingdom of Egypt. The Kush were able to use this fall as an advantage and conquer Egypt.
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The Persian Empire was located in Iran, Egypt, Turkey, some parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was one of the largest empires in the world.