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| 2985290732 | Babalonian Empire | Unified all of mesopotamia 1800BCE; collapsed due to foreign region | 0 | |
| 2985290733 | Band | A level of social organization normally consisting of 20 to 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers, labor divided on a gender basis | 1 | |
| 2985290734 | Bronze Age | From about 4000BCE, when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500BCE, when iron began to replace it | 2 | |
| 2985290735 | Catal Huyuk | A Neolithic village located in southern Turkey; was founded about 7000BCE and was 32 acres | 3 | |
| 2985290736 | City-States | A form of political organization organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consist of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king | 4 | |
| 2985290737 | Civilization | Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of no farming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing goods | 5 | |
| 2985290738 | Culture | The beliefs, customs, arts, etc. of a particular society, group, place, or time | 6 | |
| 2985290739 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets | 7 | |
| 2985290740 | Domestication | To breed or train (an animal) to need and accept the care of human beings: to tame | 8 | |
| 2985290741 | Hammurabi | The king of Babylonian | 9 | |
| 2985290742 | Homo Sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the period | 10 | |
| 2985290743 | Hunter/Gatherer | A small group of people who required a very large area of space | 11 | |
| 2985290744 | Ideographic | Pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing | 12 | |
| 2985290745 | Indus River | River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization | 13 | |
| 2985290746 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile 1000BCE; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries | 14 | |
| 2985290747 | Mesopotamia | In between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers | 15 | |
| 2985290748 | Mohenjo Daro | Along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern | 16 | |
| 2985290749 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship/belief of a single God; introduced by the Jews into western civilization | 17 | |
| 2985290750 | Neanderthal | A hominid known from skeletal in Europe, Northern Africa, and Western Asia that lived from about 30,000 to 20,000 years ago | 18 | |
| 2985290751 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500BCE | 19 | |
| 2985290752 | Nomads | Cattle and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly found referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies | 20 | |
| 2985290753 | Paleolithic | The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000BCE; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 21 | |
| 2985290754 | Pharaoh | The king who possessed immense power | 22 | |
| 2985290755 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean | 23 | |
| 2985290756 | Pyramids | Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for Pharaohs | 24 | |
| 2985290757 | Shang | First Chinese dynasty from which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe; flourished 1600 to 1046 BC | 25 | |
| 2985290758 | Slash & Burn Agriculture | A system of cultivation typical of shifting cultivators, forest floors cleared by fire are then planted | 26 | |
| 2985290759 | Sumerian | People who migrated into Mesopotamia 4000BCE; created first civilization within region; organized area into city-states | 27 | |
| 2985290760 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes | 28 | |
| 2985290761 | Pastorialism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter | 29 |
