early states

• ancientVery old indeed
• kingdomsMonarch-ruled territories
• civilizationsComplex organized human societies
• MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
• EgyptNortheastern African nation

rulers · dynasties · pharaohs · city-states · Sumer · tribute · bronze · temples · scribes · irrigation · hierarchy · priests · taxes · agriculture · surplus · writing · conquest · Indus

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