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10508104901Paleolithic AgeThe first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.0
10508109107Neolithic Age"New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture.1
10508113700Bronze Agethe period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze for tools and weapons.2
10508116381CivilizationA complex, highly organized social order3
10508118788city-stateA city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside4
10508121794oraclea person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy.5
10508123863MonotheismBelief in one God6
10508126242Homo sapiens sapiensModern humans.7
10508130052Neolithic RevolutionA turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.8
10508132764Slash and burn agriculturea farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land.9
10508139987NomadsPeople who move from place to place.10
10508144906Ideographic SymbolsA type of writing system in which a character or symbol represents an idea or thing without expressing the pronunciation of a word or words.11
10508148244PhoeniciansPeople who spread their alphabet to others including the Hebrews, Romans, and Greeks.12
10508151768PolytheismBelief in more than one god13

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