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75350148hunting and gatheringThe killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for sustenance.0
75350149Neolithic Agelatest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)1
75350150cultureA way of life2
75350151banda small group of people3
75350152matrilocalrefers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives' parents4
75350153Catal Huyuka Neolithic villiage in present day Turkey5
75350154Bronze Agea period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze6
75350155slash and burn agricultureAnother name for shifring cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.7
75350156HammurabiKing of the Babylonian empire; one of the world's oldest codes of law.8
75350157Indo EuropeansGroup of Asian peoples who migrated to many different places: Ex. Hittites to Turkey; Aryans to India9
75350158civilizationshighly developed cultures10
75350159nomadspeople who wander from place to place11
75350160homo sapiensA species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools.12
75350161agrarian revolutionchange in farming methods in the 1600s that improved the quality and quantity of farm products13
75350162matrilinealtracing descent through the mother14
75350163neolithic revolutionthe shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC15
75350164domesticationthe taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food16
75350165babyloniansnative group of people to mesopotamia17
75350166harappaA large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan18
75350167Mesopotamiafirst civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" Sumerian culture19
75350168PaleolithicThe "old" Stone Age, during which humankind produced the first sculptures and paintings.20
75350169NeanderthalsIn Europe, another human species lived and adapted to life in the cold climates of the last Ice Age.21
75350170Natufian complexpre-agricultural culture; located in present-day Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon; practiced collection of wild barley and wheat to supplement game; large settlement sites.22
75350171pastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.23
75350172jerichoa village in Jordan near the north end of the Dead Sea24
75350173social differentiationthe relative access individuals and groups have to basic material resources, wealth, power, and prestige25
75350174ideographsthese words express a country's basic political values.26
75350175shang dynastythe imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC27

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