Cultural diffusion
Process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
Empire
Group of people, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
Polytheism
The belief in more than one god
Theocracy
Type if government in which rule is based on religious authority
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing system on which symbols stood for sounds as well as ideas
Papyrus
Paper-like writing surface that the Egyptians made from reeda
Monsoon
Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate
Loess
Fertile soil that forms a yellowish silt and is deposited when the Huang he overflows
Hammurabi
The Babylonian ruler who put together a single, uniform code of laws
Fertile Crescent
An arc of land in southwest Asia that provided rich farming land in ancient times
Dynasty
A series of rulers from a single family
Mesopotamia
The earliest civilization in Asia arose in
Harappan civilization
The Indus Valley civilization is also called the
Mandate of Heaven
The Chinese view that royal authority came from the gods