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With the rise of the ancient civilizations that organized people into complex societies with distinct cultures, social and political institutions, religious traditions and governing systems, humans began interacting with each other in more systematic ways. Trade, technological and cultural exchanges, wars and international alliances affected communities far away from the major centers of the ancient era. It may be said that world history was born during this epoch.
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© 2008 Rafis Abazov
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Abazov, R. (2008). Political Map of the Ancient World. In: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Central Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610903_6
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