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| 2058903736 | Paleolithic Age | the Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 0 | |
| 2058903737 | Neolithic Age | The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished | 1 | |
| 2058903738 | Neolithic Revolution | the succession of technological innovation and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 B.C.E. | 2 | |
| 2058903739 | Hunting and gathering | society that relies on the hunting of wildlife and the gathering of wild vegetation, such as fruits, berried and nuts, in order to support the diet of the society | 3 | |
| 2058903740 | Bronze Age | from about 4000 B.C.E., when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to about 1500 B.C.E., when iron began to replace it | 4 | |
| 2058903741 | Civilization | societies distinguished be reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of non-farming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing groups | 5 | |
| 2058903742 | Catal Huyuk | early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification | 6 | |
| 2058903743 | Cuneiform | a form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets | 7 | |
| 2058903744 | Nomads | cattle and sheep-herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies | 8 | |
| 2058903745 | Mesopotamia | Literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys | 9 | |
| 2058903746 | Sumerians | people who migrated into Mesopotamia c. 4000 B.C.E.; created first civilization within region; organized area into city-states | 10 | |
| 2058903747 | Ziggurats | massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes | 11 | |
| 2058903748 | City-states | a form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king | 12 | |
| 2058903749 | Babylonians | unified all of Mesopotamia c. 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion c. 1600 B.C.E. | 13 | |
| 2058903750 | Hammurabi | the most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for codification of law | 14 | |
| 2058903751 | Pharaohs | Typically an Egyptian king who possessed immense power | 15 | |
| 2058903752 | Pyramids | monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs | 16 | |
| 2058903753 | Indus River | river sources in Himalayas to mouth of in Arabian Sea; location of Harappan civilization | 17 | |
| 2058903754 | Harappa | along with Mohenjodaro, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern | 18 | |
| 2058903755 | Huanghe River | also known as the Yellow River; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China | 19 | |
| 2058903756 | Ideographic | pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing | 20 | |
| 2058903757 | Shang | first Chinese dynasty for which archeological evidence exists; capital located in Ordos bulge of the Huanghe; flourished 1600 to 1046 B.C.E. | 21 | |
| 2058903758 | Phoenicians | seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean | 22 | |
| 2058903759 | Monotheism | the exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into Western civilization | 23 |
