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Hunter gatherer groups were the first to live in North America. Just like in their name, the hunted and gathered. Then moved when the resources died out.
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Cuneiform was the first form of writing. They used it for records of surplus. But it wasn't like the writing we use today, they use pictures like images for letters/words.
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The Harppan Civilization was very advanced. They created systems like an air conditioning, sewage system, and very straight cities. But all the sudden they disappeared out of no where and no one knows what happened to them.
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The pryminds were built durning the Old Kingdom. The first prymind that was build was Djoser. The three largest are Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu.
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Ziggurats were temples in the Mesopotamia's cities. The Ziggurat was huge with steps built into it with the many stories. They believed their gods lived in the sky so they had Ziggurats to go up to so the can hear better.
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Hammurabi's code was a set of laws created when Hammurabi became King or Babylon. The laws were very strict and straight to the point. An example, If a builder built your house but sadly fell on your son then the builder's son would be killed.
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In the Middle Kingdom Ancient Egypt was conquered by the Hyksos. They took over and kept to the Egypt culture. Which is very strange because usually a place gets conquered and makes them change to their culture.
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The Caste System was created by the Aryans. The Caste System was made according to your occupation. The order of the system is priest, warriors, merachants, servers, and the untouchables.
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The Valley of the Kings were created in The New Kingdom. They were built because they didn't want to build a pyramid for every Pharaoh who died. But sadly a lot of the tombs were robbed.
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Shi Huangdi's Tomb was founded in 1947. They also found about 8,000 terracotta warriors. The warriors were there to protect Shi.
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The Great Wall of China was built durning the Qin Dynasty. The Wall didn't look like it looks now when they started building it. The Great Wall is 5,500 miles long.
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The Silk Road was created in the Han Dynasty. The purpose was trading to the west and the east. They traded silk, teas, sugar, salt, spices, cotton, ivory,etc.
