4902249501 | Artifact | An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest | 0 | |
4902252171 | Agriculture | The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | 1 | |
4902255490 | Recreate | Create again. | 2 | |
4902260308 | Civilization | The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced. | 3 | |
4902262625 | Clans | A group of close-knit and interrelated families | 4 | |
4902265157 | Nomads | A member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. | 5 | |
4902268242 | Revolution | A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. | 6 | |
4902273777 | Agricultural Revolution | The First Agricultural Revolution, also known as the Neolithic Revolution, is the transformation of human societies from hunting and gathering to farming. | 7 | |
4902277235 | Old Stone Age | The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 8700 BCE (or BC) and 2000 BCE with the advent of metalworking. | 8 | |
4902279254 | Analyze | Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation. | 9 | |
4902279255 | Era | A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic. | 10 | |
4902283196 | Neolithic Age | The Neolithic i/ˌniːəˈlɪθɪk/ Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC. | 11 | |
4902286490 | Domestication | To convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame. 2. to tame (an animal), especially by generations of breeding, to live in close association with human beings as a pet or work animal and usually creating a dependency so that the animal loses its ability to live in the wild. | 12 | |
4902289446 | 5 Elements Civilization | The Five Key Elements of Civilization are: Centralized Government, Organized Religion, Job Specialization and Social Classes, Arts, Architecture, and Infrastructure, and Writing. | 13 | |
4902292754 | Society | The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community. | 14 | |
4902294335 | Empathy | The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. | 15 | |
4902297358 | Fossil | The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock. | 16 | |
4902298930 | New Stone Age | The latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere) Synonyms: Neolithic, Neolithic Age Example of: period, period of time, time period. an amount of time. This age of agriculture defines the Neolithic period, also known as the New Stone Age. | 17 | |
4902300647 | Paleolithic | Of, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. | 18 | |
4902307583 | Hunter-gatherers | A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food. | 19 |
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