13389164992 | Patriarchy | A form of society where men took charge | 0 | |
13389164993 | Matriarchy | A form of society where women took charge | 1 | |
13389166604 | Clan | A group of relatives | 2 | |
13389166605 | Tribe | Multiple clans combined into larger units | 3 | |
13389166606 | Caste System | A social structure in where social classes are determined by birth | 4 | |
13389168586 | Theocracy | A form of government guided by religious purposes | 5 | |
13389168587 | Monarchy | A form of government rules by a king or queen "sent by god" to rule | 6 | |
13389170450 | City-State | independent state with its own government | 7 | |
13389170451 | Village | A community of people smaller than a town | 8 | |
13389170452 | Hierarchy | People organized by rank of wealth or birth | 9 | |
13389174551 | Deforestation | The process of cutting down massive amounts of trees for human consumption and land | 10 | |
13389176287 | Desertification | the process making land infertile | 11 | |
13389176288 | Barter | To trade without using money | 12 | |
13389176289 | Polytheism | The belief in multiple gods | 13 | |
13389180891 | Naturalism | The beief that gods are represented through animals, nature and totems. | 14 | |
13389180892 | Animism | The belief that gods are repersented through animal groups. | 15 | |
13389182647 | Monotheism | The belief in one god | 16 | |
13389182648 | Ziggurats | temples and altars in large stepped pyramids | 17 | |
13389185194 | Ancestor Worship/Veneration | Respect and honoring of the deceased | 18 | |
13389187090 | Mandate of Heaven | A just ruler's power was bestowed by the gods | 19 | |
13389189483 | Fertile Crescent | A crescent shaped region in the Middle East | 20 | |
13389189484 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem about the Mesopotamian kingdoms. It is the oldest surving literary work that explains of chaos and gods in Mesopotamia. | 21 | |
13389192789 | Hammurabi's Code | A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life; eye for an eye | 22 | |
13389192790 | Cuneiform | A form of writing fond in the Sumerian Kingdom of Mesopotamia | 23 | |
13389195488 | Hieroglyphics | One of the oldest forms of writing made up pictographs found in Egypt | 24 | |
13389195489 | Papyrus | A form of paper used in the Mediterranean society | 25 | |
13389197212 | Paleolitic Age | "Old Stone Age" 200 000 years ago; hunter-gatherers would work in small familiar groups | 26 | |
13389197213 | Neolitic Age | "New Stone Age" delopment of Metallurgy, broze and iron tools. People were able to settle in river valleys | 27 | |
13389200506 | Metallurgy | The science of metals | 28 | |
13389202689 | Surplus of Food | The production of more food than what people needed. This allowed for population growth. | 29 | |
13389204542 | Division of Labor | People would specialize in certain tasks and jobs. This created class systems | 30 |
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