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202992012Paleolithic Age(750,000 BCE - 10,000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source.0
202992013Neolithic AgeThe 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
202992014Slash and Burn AgricultureAnother name for shifring cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris.2
202992015Neolithic Revolution(10,000 - 8,000 BCE) The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This led to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization.3
202992016PastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies.4
202992017Domesticationthe taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food5
202992018Sedentarycharacterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place6
202992019Civilizationa form of culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.7
202992020Institutionan organization or establishment devoted to the promotion of a particular cause.8
202992021Patriarchalmale led society and household9
202992022Animismsees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature.10
202992023Polytheismbelief in more than one god11
202992024Monotheismbelief in a single God12

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