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7318177828Paleolithic AgeEarly period in human history; 2,500,000BC- 10,000BC; humans used simple stone tools.0
7318183173Neolithic AgeNew Stone Age - the period of time when people started to farm, make pottery and weave. Started in the Middle East, and it was around 8,000 BC.1
7318187933Slash and Burn AgricultureThe practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting2
7318189940Neolithic RevolutionThe switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution.3
7328676492PastoralismThe raising of animals. Mostly in places that have bad earth.4
7328678931Domesticationthe taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food5
7328683236SedentaryCharacterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place6
7328685757AnimismThe belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits7
7328689253PolytheismBelief in many gods8
7328692504foragingSearching for food. Hunting and gathering.9
7341273072Fertile CrescentA crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia, the Nile Valley and Nile Delta.10
7341276730Egalitarian societiesAll members enjoy roughly the same degree of wealth, power and prestige11
7341280030ShamanA person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick12
7341281591Hunting and Gathering SocietiesSocieties that use simple technology for hunting animals and gathering vegetation13
7341283125MonotheismThe belief in one God14
7341289698NomadicWandering, moving about from place to place15
7359999673SumerRegion in southern Mesopotamia. First writing language.16
7360000364MesopotamiaBirthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others.17
7360001653UrukThe largest city of ancient Mesopotamia18
7360005125PyramidsHuge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top19
7360005675PharaohsEgyptian god-kings20
7371178241CivilizationA society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes21
7371179470Son of HeavenThe title Son of Heaven comes from the Mandate of Heaven, created by the monarchs of the Zhou dynasty to justify deposing the Shang dynasty.22
7371182551Mandate of HeavenA Chinese political and religious doctrine used to justify the rule of the Emperor of China.23
7371185037Mohenjo Daro HarappaMajor cities of the Indus Valley civilization; both of which flourished around 2000 BCE24
7371186366Epic of GilgameshAn epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.25
7371187991Code of HammurabiBased on system of strict justice26
7383307859QuipuA system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records27
7383318407PatriarchalRelating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men28
7383316569SpecializationA focus on a particular activity or area of study29
7383371572MatriarchalThe mother is the head of the family.30
7394166380HieroglyphicA character of the ancient Egyptian writing system.31
7394218390ZigguratA form of temple.32
7394224366MetallurgyWorking with metals33

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