7318177828 | Paleolithic Age | Early period in human history; 2,500,000BC- 10,000BC; humans used simple stone tools. | 0 | |
7318183173 | Neolithic Age | New 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 | |
7318187933 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | The practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting | 2 | |
7318189940 | Neolithic Revolution | The switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle is this revolution. | 3 | |
7328676492 | Pastoralism | The raising of animals. Mostly in places that have bad earth. | 4 | |
7328678931 | Domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 5 | |
7328683236 | Sedentary | Characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | 6 | |
7328685757 | Animism | The belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits | 7 | |
7328689253 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 8 | |
7328692504 | foraging | Searching for food. Hunting and gathering. | 9 | |
7341273072 | Fertile Crescent | A 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 | |
7341276730 | Egalitarian societies | All members enjoy roughly the same degree of wealth, power and prestige | 11 | |
7341280030 | Shaman | A person believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick | 12 | |
7341281591 | Hunting and Gathering Societies | Societies that use simple technology for hunting animals and gathering vegetation | 13 | |
7341283125 | Monotheism | The belief in one God | 14 | |
7341289698 | Nomadic | Wandering, moving about from place to place | 15 | |
7359999673 | Sumer | Region in southern Mesopotamia. First writing language. | 16 | |
7360000364 | Mesopotamia | Birthplace of the Sumerian civilization among many others. | 17 | |
7360001653 | Uruk | The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia | 18 | |
7360005125 | Pyramids | Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top | 19 | |
7360005675 | Pharaohs | Egyptian god-kings | 20 | |
7371178241 | Civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes | 21 | |
7371179470 | Son of Heaven | The 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 | |
7371182551 | Mandate of Heaven | A Chinese political and religious doctrine used to justify the rule of the Emperor of China. | 23 | |
7371185037 | Mohenjo Daro Harappa | Major cities of the Indus Valley civilization; both of which flourished around 2000 BCE | 24 | |
7371186366 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing. | 25 | |
7371187991 | Code of Hammurabi | Based on system of strict justice | 26 | |
7383307859 | Quipu | A system of knotted strings used by the Inca people for keeping records | 27 | |
7383318407 | Patriarchal | Relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men | 28 | |
7383316569 | Specialization | A focus on a particular activity or area of study | 29 | |
7383371572 | Matriarchal | The mother is the head of the family. | 30 | |
7394166380 | Hieroglyphic | A character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. | 31 | |
7394218390 | Ziggurat | A form of temple. | 32 | |
7394224366 | Metallurgy | Working with metals | 33 |
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