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4902249501ArtifactAn object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest0
4902252171AgricultureThe 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
4902255490RecreateCreate again.2
4902260308CivilizationThe stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.3
4902262625ClansA group of close-knit and interrelated families4
4902265157NomadsA member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.5
4902268242RevolutionA forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.6
4902273777Agricultural RevolutionThe First Agricultural Revolution, also known as the Neolithic Revolution, is the transformation of human societies from hunting and gathering to farming.7
4902277235Old Stone AgeThe 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
4902279254AnalyzeExamine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.9
4902279255EraA long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.10
4902283196Neolithic AgeThe 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
4902286490DomesticationTo 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
49022894465 Elements CivilizationThe Five Key Elements of Civilization are: Centralized Government, Organized Religion, Job Specialization and Social Classes, Arts, Architecture, and Infrastructure, and Writing.13
4902292754SocietyThe aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.14
4902294335EmpathyThe ability to understand and share the feelings of another.15
4902297358FossilThe remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.16
4902298930New Stone AgeThe 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
4902300647PaleolithicOf, relating to, or denoting the early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used.18
4902307583Hunter-gatherersA member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.19

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