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| 9597036887 | agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | 0 | |
| 9597039516 | domestication | The conscious manipulation of plant and animal species by humans in order to sustain themselves. | 1 | |
| 9597041943 | irrigation | a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams | 2 | |
| 9597043950 | Paleolithic era | The first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools | 3 | |
| 9597048398 | Neolithic Revolution | when humans went from being nomad/hunter gatherers to settling in one place and farming | 4 | |
| 9597052633 | patriarchy | a form of social organization in which males dominate females | 5 | |
| 9597057481 | stratification | the uneven distribution of resources and privileges among participants in a group or culture | 6 | |
| 9597060668 | hierarchy | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | 7 | |
| 9597063685 | nomads | people who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves | 8 | |
| 9597068280 | pastoralism | a strategy for food production involving the domestication of animals | 9 | |
| 9597069816 | diffusion | the spreading of something more widely | 10 | |
| 9597072048 | ideology | system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture | 11 | |
| 9597075469 | city state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 12 | |
| 9597086217 | Sumer | The world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years. A group of ancient city-states in southern Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia. | 13 | |
| 9597092050 | Babylon | the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury peak under rule of Hammurabi | 14 | |
| 9597099067 | Ziggurat | A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians | 15 | |
| 9597102330 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 16 | |
| 9597109356 | Pharaoh | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader. | 17 | |
| 9597111839 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 18 | |
| 9597115162 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 19 | |
| 9597117532 | Hittites | an Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C. | 20 | |
| 9597121026 | Demography | The scientific study of population characteristics. | 21 | |
| 9597126738 | Code of Hammurabi | a written code of rules that guided the ancient society of Babylon; dates back to 1772 B.C. 282 laws by King Hammurabi carved into stone about family matters, taxes, debts, and more | 22 | |
| 9597136848 | Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro | Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete. | 23 | |
| 9597142224 | Egalitarian | Characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political and social life. | 24 |
