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| 80269351 | hunting and gathering | The killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for sustenance. | 0 | |
| 80269352 | homo sapiens sapiens | the newest human breed, originating c. 120,000 years ago, of which all humans in the world today are descendants | 1 | |
| 80269353 | neolithic | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) | 2 | |
| 80269354 | catal huyuk | an Neolithic villiage in present day Turkey | 3 | |
| 80269355 | cuneiform writing | The earliest writing in Mesopotamia was a picture writing invented by the Sumerians who wrote on clay tablets using long reeds. | 4 | |
| 80269356 | akkadians | this civilization included Semitic people living north of Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first empire in history; established by Sargon the Great | 5 | |
| 80269357 | shang dynasty | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC | 6 | |
| 80269358 | zhou dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism | 7 | |
| 80269359 | agrarian revolution | A change in farming methods that allowed for a greater production of food. This revolution was fueled by the use of new farming technology such as the seed drill and improved fertilizers. The result of this revolution was a population explosion due to the higher availability of food. It was one of the causes of the Industrial Revolution. | 8 | |
| 80269360 | paleolithic | second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | 9 | |
| 80269361 | culture | the raising of plants or animals, the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | 10 | |
| 80269362 | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 11 | |
| 80269363 | mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates | 12 | |
| 80269364 | hwang he | yellow river; middle kingdom, they were the center of the earth; dynasty - the ruling family; taoism ying yang | 13 | |
| 80269365 | phoenicans | people of Phoenica lived on the northwestern side of the Fertile Crescent | 14 | |
| 80269366 | homo erectus | extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain | 15 | |
| 80269367 | mesolithic | middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago | 16 | |
| 80269368 | slash and burn agriculture | Another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris., Another name for shifting cultivation, so named because fields are cleared by slashing the vegetation and burning the debris. | 17 | |
| 80269369 | sumerians | People who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. | 18 | |
| 80269370 | babylonians | semetic group called amorights who developed Babylon Kingdom, conquered Sumer and Akkad, expanded to control water, Hammurabi greatest king | 19 | |
| 80269371 | p'an ku | giant in Chinese creation myth whose bones created humans | 20 | |
| 80269372 | judaism | the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud | 21 | |
| 80269373 | historiography | The principles, methods, and philosophical issues of historical research. | 22 | |
| 80269374 | periodization | historian's attempt to break down history into managable segments | 23 |
