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7238374024AgricultureThe practice of raising crops or livestock on a continual and controlled basis.0
7238374025ArtisanA skilled craftsperson.1
7238374026DomesticationThe taming of animals and plants for human use, such as for labor or food.2
7238374027EurasiaThe large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia.3
7238374028AnimismThe belief that animals, Rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits.4
7238374029Hunter-foragersPeople who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots.5
7238374030IrrigationA way of supplying water to an area of land, the people would use water from the rivers to irrigate their crops.6
7238374031MetallurgyThe science of the study of metals.7
7238374032MigrationA movement from one country or region to another.8
7238374033MonotheismThe belief in one God.9
7238374034Paleolithic PeriodOld Stone Age, where humanos used stone tools and weapons.10
7238374035Specialization of laborThe division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work.11
7238374036SurplusHaving more resources than needed for themselves.12
7238374037TextileItems made of cloth, would be weaved by women and then decorated, usually all at home.13
7238374038UrbanizationAn increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.14
7238374039OvergrazingThe continual eating of grasses or their roots, without allowing them to regrow.15
7238374040OverfarmingLand loosing its fertility unless it is left fallow or it was fertilized usually by spreading of animal manure.16
7238374041ArtifactsObjects made and used by early humans, usually dug up by archaeologists.17
7238374042Homo Sapiens SapiensAlso known as "early modern humans" who became the only hominids on earth- us.18
7238374043Neolithic RevolutionThe switch from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle.19
7238374044Bronze AgeThe period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze.20
7238374045CivilizationThe stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.21
7238374046JerichoOne of the oldest first human cities that was built on the West Bank of the Jordan river.22
7238374047Catal HuyukAncient city in present dat Turkey that was founded in 7500 B.C.E. along a river that has since dried up.23
7238374048Nomadic PastoralismPeople moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture.24
7238374049Kinship GroupSeveral related families that moved together in search of food.25
7238374050ClanGroup of families with a common ancestor.26
7238374051TribeA group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name, and way of living.27
7238374052PatriarchalRelating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority.28
7238374053MerchantsPeople who buy and sell goods also known as traders.29
7238374054Social StratificationThe division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy. Some people accumulated wealth in the form of jewelry and others coveted items by building larger and better decorated houses.30
7238374055Priests and PriestessesPeople who performed religious ceremonies.31
7238374056Tigris and Euphrates RiversFlow south from modern day Turkey through what is now Iraq to empty into the Persian Gulf.32
7238374057MesopotamiaLand between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where many ancient civilizations arose from.33
7238374058Fertile CrescentAn arc of fertile land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf .34
7238374059SumeriansGroup of nomadic pastoralists that migrated into Mesopotamia and created a civilization of Sumer that provided the core and the foundation of several other civilizations.35
7238374060ZigguratsTemples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped.36
7238374061DesertificationThe spread of desert like conditions.37
7238374062Indus River ValleyDeveloped near water and became the core and foundation of later civilizations in the region.38
7238374063Environmental DegradationCaused the gradual decline and eventual disappearance of the Harappan and Mohenjo-Daro civilizations by soil eroding.39
7238374064DeforestationThe removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.40
7238374066MesoamericaAn area of ancient civilization in what is now Central America.41
7238374067GlyphsThe first writing system in the Americas that used pictures and symbols of real ojects.42
7238374068BarterTrading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.43
7238374069PolytheisticBelief in many gods.44
7238374070ZigguratsTemples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped.45
7238374071AstronomyThe study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space.46
7238374072AstrologyTheory of the influence of planets and stars on human events.47
7238374073AbrahamFounder of Judaism.48
7238374074MosesLed the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; received the 10 commandments.49
7238374075Ten CommandmentsLaws given by God to Moses that tell Jews how to behave in their daily lives.50
7238374076Jewish DiasporaThe scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 B.C.E.51
7238374078MummificationInvolved removing the body's internal organs, drying the body with salts, and packing its insides and wrapping it with chemically treated cloth.52
7238374079HieroglyphicsEgyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.53
7238374080PapyrusA type of plant that grew along the Nile River, used its fibers to create a type of paper.54
7238374081VedasA collection of Aryan religious hymns, poems, and songs.55
7238374082Vedic AgeAryans growing awareness of Dravidian beliefs.56
7238374083BrahmaOverarching, universal soul that connects all creatures on Earth.57
7238374084DharmaIn Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties.58
7238374085KarmaThe effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul.59
7238374087Ancestor VenerationThe believe of making offerings to their ancestors in hope to win their favor.60
7238374089Mandate of HeavenA just rulers power was bestowed by the gods.61
7238374090UpanishadsA foundational text for the set of religious beliefs that later became known as Hinduism.62
7238374091PictographsA graphic symbol that represents an idea, concept, or object, rather than representing a single sound, as letter systems do.63
7238374092ShamansPeople who believed to have special abilities to cure the sick and influence the future.64
7238374093Core and Foundational civilizationsCivilizations that developed ways of life, such as language, religious beliefs, and economic practices, that would heavily influence successor civilizations in their regions.65
7238374094City-StateTypically covered several hundred square miles and were independent each with its own government.66
7238374095KingsSumerian military leaders became more important than priests and ruled over a territory known as a kingdom.67
7238374096CuneiformSumerians created it to keep records which consisted of marks carved onto wet clay tablets.68
7238374097ScribesIndividuals who were charged first with record-keeping and later with the writing of history and myths.69
7238374098The Epic of GilgameshAn epic poem from Mesopotamia, is among the earliest surviving works of literature.70
7238374099EmpireLarge territory that included diverse cultural groups.71
7238374100BabyloniansPersians who took control of Mesopotamia and built a new capital city called Babylon.72
7238374101HammurabiBabylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC), and created a set of laws called the Code of Hammurabi.73
7238374102Code of HammurabiLaw code introduced when Hammurabi of Babylon took over Sumer in 1760 BC, that dealt with topics such as property rights, wages, contracts, marriage, and various crimes.74
7238374103PhoeniciansMost powerful traders along the Mediterranean, that occupied parts of present day Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan around 3000 B.C.E.75
7238374105Alphabetic scriptA system of symbols (letters) that represent the sounds of speech, as an alternative to cuneiform around 1000 B.C.E.76
7238374107Nile RiverThe river in which early kingdoms in Egypt were centered around.77
7238374108King MenesUnited Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom and created the first royal dynasty.78
7238374109Old KingdomA period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC.79
7238374110Middle KingdomA period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC.80
7238374111New KingdomThe period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory.81
7238374112PharaohA king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.82
7238374113TheocratsRulers holding both religious and political power.83
7238374116Ramses the GreatTook the throne around 1290 B.C.E. who expanded the empire into Southwest Asia and built more temples and erected more statues than any other pharaoh.84
7238374117HittitesHad military advantage over the Egyptians because they were beginning to use iron tools and weapons.85
7238374118Book of the DeadScrolls that served as a guide for the afterlife in ancient Egypt.86
7238374120Xia DynastyLasted for about 400 years, little is known because early Chinese had no writing system.87
7238374121Shang DynastyRuled for 600 years, conquered neighboring peoples and established an empire, wielded tremendous economic and religious power.88
7238374122Zhou DynastyThe longest lasting Chinese dynasty, during which the use of iron was introduced.89
7238374123FeudalismThe network of regional rulers with relationships based on mutual defense agreements.90
7238374124MaizeOne of the first important plants to be grown by the indigenous Americans.91
7238374125Chavin CivilizationExisted from around 1000 to 200 B.C.E, and centered at Chavin de Huantar.92
7238374126OlmecThe foundation or core of Mesoamerica advanced civilizations.93
7238374127AboriginalsPeople in Australia who remained hunter-foragers.94
7238374128Easter IslandDivided into clans, with a chief for each clan and one chief over all clans.95

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