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4835149359CivilizationComplex societies. Used to describe any group of people sharing a set of cultural traits0
4835149360NeolithicNew Stone Age1
4835149361ForagersPeople who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects. (Hunter gatherers)2
4835149362CultureSocially transmitted patterns of actions and expressions such as clothing, tools, knowledge, and technology3
4835149363HistoryThe study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices4
4835149364PaleolithicOld stone age5
4835149365Agricultural revolutionsThe change from food gathering to food production6
4835149366HoloceneThe geological era since the end of the great ice age about 11,000 years ago7
4835149367MegalithsStructures and complexes of very large stones constructed for ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times8
4835149368BabylonThe largest and most important city in Mesopotamia.9
4835149369SumeriansPeople who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd millennium BCE. We're responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture such as irrigation, technology and cuneiform10
4835149370SemiticFamily of related languages long spoken across parts of Western Asia and Northern Africa. Languages include Hebrew, Aramaic, and Phoenician.11
4835149371City-stateSmall independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory.12
4835149372HammurabiRuler of Babylon he conquered many city-states in southern and northern Mesopotamia and is best known for a code of laws inscribed on a black stone pillar illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases13
4835149373ScribeAdministrator or scholar. Charged by the temple or palace with reading and writing tasks14
4835149374ZigguratA multistory, mud rock, pyramid shaped tower approached by Ramos and stairs15
4835149375AmuletsSmall chants meant to protect the bearer from evil16
4835149376CuneiformSystem of writing in which wedge shaped symbols represented words or syllables. Originated in Mesopotamia17
4835149377PharaohAn Egyptian term for a king, who was believed to be a god on earth18
4835149378PyramidSeries of stone platforms laid one on top of the other19
4835149379HieroglyphicsForm of writing using picture symbols standing for words, syllables, or sounds20
4835149380PapyrusPaper like writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other people's in the Middle East21
4835149381MummyBody preserved by chemical process or circumstances often believed the deceased will need it again in the afterlife22
4838197774LoessYellowish brown dust that gave the yellow river of China its distinctive name23
4840824022Ma'atThe divinely authorized order of the universe24
4841084272Mohenjo-Daro and harappaWe're two Indus Valley civilizations25

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