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7224468800hominidshumans and other creatures that walk upright0
7224468801HomosapiensThe species name for modern humans1
7224468802complex society-job specialization2
7224468803lucythe first human who left remains of her bones; she lived around 3.5 million years ago.3
7224468804PaleolithicOld stone age4
7224468805Neolithic"New Stone Age"5
7224468806Venus figurinesSmall Paleolithic statues of women with exaggerated sexual features.6
7224468807Lascaux Cave Paintingscave art7
7224468808Textilesthe craft of making clothes8
7224468809Neolithic RevolutionThe switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.9
7224468810Epic of Gilgameshan epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia10
7224468811IrrigationThe process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.11
7224468812Hammurabi's Codefirst written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey. law of retaliation12
7224468813Assyrian Empire934 to 608 BCE, Successful Empire in Mesopotamia13
7224468814bronze and iron metallurgythe modification of a metal to make usefull objects14
7224468815MesopotamiaLand between Tigris and Euphrates rivers15
7224468816CunieformThe world's first system of writing16
7224468817Phoeniciansthe most powerful traders along the Mediterranean17
7224468818MonotheismBelief in one God18
7224468819PolytheismBelief in many gods19
7224468820Patriarchal Societya system run by men only20
7224468821Mummificationthe preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth21
7224468822Savannahsa grassy plain in tropical regions22
7224468823Demographic Pressurethe way humans damage the environment with populations and their size and rapid growth23
7224468824Cataractsa large waterfall24
7224468825PharaohAncient Egyptian king25
7224468826Mercenarya professional soldier hired by a foreign army26
7224468827Scribespeople who specialized in writing and record keeping27
7224468828Menes/Narmerpharaoh that United upper and lower Egypt28
7224468829HeiroglyphicsEgyptian form of writing29
7224468830PyramidsHuge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top30
7224468831Rosetta StoneArtifact that unlocked the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics31
7224468832Araynsnomadic indo Europeans32
7224468833HarappanThe first Indian civilization; also known as the Indus Valley civilization33
7224468834vedasbook of knowledge; collection of prayers and hymns34
7224468835Big Vedaa collection of 1,028 hymns dedicated to Aryan gods35
7224468836Castessocial groups into which people are born and cannot change36
7224468837UpanishadsIndian mystical and philosophical works, written between 800 and 400 B.C.E.37
7224468838BrahminPriests38
7224468839asceticOne who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury39
7224468840satithe Hindu ritual requiring a wife to throw herself on her deceased husband's funeral pyre40
7224468841DravidiansThe original people of the Indus Valley41
7224468842karmathe effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul42
7224468843BrahmanThe term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.43
7224468844jatisubcastes44
7224468845Ecological Degradationthe deterioration of the environment through overuse of resources45
7224468846DynastyA series of rulers from the same family46
7224468847Xia Dynastyfirst Chinese dynasty47
7224468848loessa fine, light slit deposited by by win and water48
7224468849China's SorrowYellow river floods were disastrous, destroyed whole villages49
7224468776Hereditary statethe passing of power through blood50
7224468777Zhou Dynastythe longest lasting Chinese dynasty, during which the use of iron was introduced.51
7224468778Book of Songsa collection of 305 of the earliest recorded poems in Chinese history52
7224468779Mandate of Heavenin Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority53
7224468780Oracle bonesanimal bones carved with written characters which were used for telling the future54
7224468781steppe landsgrasslands and shrub lands55
7224468782Decentralized administrationsystem of government that shares power over multiple regions with co leaders56
7224468783Royal Courtsa court that dealt with all land disputes and some felonies57
7224468784cowrie shellsImported from the Maldives, they served as the medium of exchange in West Africa58
7224468785Ancestor VenerationWorship and respect for ancestors59
7224468786Obsidianvolcanic glass60
7224468787Maizecorn61
7224468788Bering Land BridgeFormer ice age link between Siberia and Alaska.62
7224468789ceremonial centeran area used for religious ceremonies by the ancient people of the Americas63
7224468790Authoritarian terracesa type of land scaping the improves farming64
7224468791bloodletting ritualsmen and women cut themselves and bled to appease their gods65
7224468792double-hulled canoescanoes with two waterproof layers66
7224468793Olmec ball gamesball game in which losers are executed67
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