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4814027665BabylonThe most important city in southern Mesopotamia which climaxed in a cosmic battle between Marduk and Tiamak0
4814036071SumeriansA civilization that created the framework of civilization in Mesopotamia during a long period of dominance in the third millennium1
4814053809MegalithsBig carved stones that are meant to relate to religious beliefs2
4814059879HoloceneAn era in which global warning ended the Ice Age3
4814067067Agricultural revolutionsThe central role of food production and the adoption of agricultural which included the domestication of animals for food4
4814075607ForagersPeople who hunt and gather food. These were usually men in the family. They made specific tools to catch certain animals easily.5
4814085584NeolithicThe Age where agriculture was invented. This changed the lives of many people due to the fact that they can grow food without hunting for it6
4814101009PaleolithicAn Age where it lasted from the end of the Stone Age to the end of the Ice Age7
4814107722CultureSpecific objects, materials, dwellings, clothing, tools, crafts, beliefs and languages8
4814124716Civilization1. Cities that have administration centers 2. Cities that have a political system 3. A number of people working on something besides food-making 4. Cities that have certain status classes 5. Cities that have monumental buildings 6. Permanent record keeping 7. Trading long-distance wise 8. Advances in science and art9
4814149573HistoryThe development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices and events10
4814156729Stone AgeThe time period in which stone tools were invented. This period revolutionized hunting forever11
4814196172SemiticA family of languages spoken in parts of western Asia and northern Africa12
4814202801City-StateA self-governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled13
4814207876HammurabiA city that initiated a series of aggressive military campaigns14
4814218225ScribeAn administrator or scholar charged by the temple or palace with reading and writing tasks15
4814232930ZigguratA multistory, mud-brick, pyramid shaped tower approached by ramps and stairs16
4814238606AmuletsSmall charms meant to protect the bearer from evil. People wore these for cultural or religious beliefs17
4814252159CuneiformWedge-shaped writing which involved several hundred signs. Mastering Cuneiform in that day took several years to get used to18
4814261759PharaohThe Egyptian Phrase meaning palace. Many people wore hats that covered their faces and that distinguished them as a pharaoh which means they were wealthy19
4814286094Harappa and Mohenjo-DaroTwo urban sites that best typify the Indus Valley civilization20
4814290616MummyDead people who are wrapped in linen and placed in decorated wooded caskets21
4814295785PapyrusA writing material made from the stems of the papyrus reed that grew in the Nile marshes22
4814301963HieroglyphicsA system of writing developed by the beginning of the Early Dynasty period23
4814307707ThebesAnother place where dynasties placed their capitols24
4814313731MemphisA place where ruling dynasties usually placed their capitals in the area of their original power base25
4814319525Ma'atThe divinely authorized order of the universe26

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