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Maya writing combined signs for syllables with signs for whole words. Source: Maya script ↗

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23Code of Hammurabi · the kind of material collectedRECALL
Laws from ancient Babylon.
The famous stele presents the king receiving authority from the god Shamash.
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24Ziggurat · describe its religious role and settingRECALL
A raised temple complex in ancient Mesopotamia.
Ziggurats were stepped structures linked to religious and civic life in city-states.
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25This people built the city of Machu Picchu.RECALL
The Inca.
The fifteenth-century site sits high in the Andes and was built from precisely cut stone.
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