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Mohenjo Daro was located on the side the Indus River. It was a large civilization that had the first plumbing system. We do not know what actually happened to Mohejo Daro. There are only theories.
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The Great Sphinx is thought to be made for the pharaoh, Khafra. It has the body of a lion and head of a person. We don't really know the purpose for the the Great Sphinx.
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Oracle bones were found around the Shang dynasty. The ancient Chinese used animal bone and turtle shells to etch the symbols on the surface
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Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who used very extreme punishments to those who broke the law. That's where Hammurabi's Code comes in, He wrote more than 200 laws that everyone should follow. If the law was broken then he would have a very specific punishment for each one.
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The Valley of the Kings was discovered in the 1920s. Many nobles and pharaohs were buried here in a secluded location to keep people from grave robbing. Although it still happened.
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The Phoenicians helped create the alphabet we use today. Their alphabet consisted of 22 letters, all of them were consonants. Later on the Greeks added vowels.
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During the rule of king Nebuchadnezzar, he ordered the walls to be built. It was the main entrance into the city of Babylon. On the walls they had animals that represented deities, they believed it was a form of protection.
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He was the third emperor in the Maurya Dynasty. His rule was harsh and cruel, he used military strength to expand territory. He used cruel methods for anyone who broke the law(s). After he died in 232 BC the reign of the Maurya Dynasty ended.
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The main reason the Zhou dynasty was ended was because they were based on feudalism. The people answered to the feudal lords instead of the emperors and thus the feudal lords became too powerful. When they became too powerful it marked the downfall of the Zhou dynasty.
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The Terracotta army was ordered to be built by Shi Huangdi. It surrounded his tomb, which is still not uncovered. It is thought that he wanted this army so that they can protect him in the afterlife. The construction lasted around 38 years.
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The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799. It was deciphered in 1821. It allowed us to understand and read Heiroglyphics, Greek, and Demotic.
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Tenochititlan was founded by the Aztecs in 1325 and was later named their capital. They chose this specific location because they believed that if an eagle has a snake in It's mouth on top of a cactus, it is a sign that the should settle there. Hence the the flag of Mexico.
