PYRAMID
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- pyramid
- a massive structure with a rectangular base and four triangular sides, like those that were built in Egypt as burial places for Old Kingdom pharaohs
- mummification
- a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying
- hieroglyphics
- an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
- papyrus
- a tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paperlike material for writing on
- subcontinent
- a large landmass that forms a distant part of a continent
- monsoon
- a wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year
- Harppan Civilization
- another name for the Indus Valley civilization that arose along the Indus River, possibly as early as 7000 bc; characterized by sophisticated city planning
- loess
- a fertile deposit of windblown soil
- oracle bone
- one of the animal bones or tortoise shells used by the ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods
- Mandate of Heaven
- in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority
- dynastic cycle
- the historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties
- feudalism
- a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legallu belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land