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7048120886Paleolithic AgeThe Old Stone age ending in 12,000 B.C.E.; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence.0
7048120887Homo sapiens sapiensThe humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic period.1
7048120888Neolithic 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.2
7048120889Neolithic RevolutionThe succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500-3500 B.C.E.3
7048120890Hunting and GatheringThe original human economy, ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; groups hunt for meat and forage for grains, nuts, and berries.4
7048120891Çatal HüyükEarly urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification.5
7048120892Bronze AgeFrom 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.6
7048120893NomadsCattle- and sheep- herding societies normally found on the fringes of civilized societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies.7

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