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4820435683patriarchyA form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family.0
4820439460urbanizationAn increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.1
4820447696water wellsOpenings made by digging or drilling down into the zone of saturation.2
4820447697chamber potsA bowl kept in a bedroom and used as a toilet, especially at night.3
4820448927pastoralismWhen people make a living tending to animals and migrated in patterns according to the animal patterns.4
4820450446plowsA technological innovation that made agricultural production more efficient. The more efficient the plow, the fewer people needed to work in an area.5
4820450447agrarianSocieties concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land.6
4820455358Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys civilizationsMesopotamia7
4820455359Nile River Valley civilizationEgypt8
4820458369Indus River Valley civilizationMohenjo Dara/Harappa9
4820459698Yellow River Valley civilizationShang10
4820459699Mesoamerica civilizationOlmec11
4820462481Andes civilizationChavin12
4820470140hieroglyphsPictures, characters, or symbols standing for words, ideas, or sounds; ancient Egyptians used instead of an alphabet.13
4820470141sanskritAn Indo-European, Indic language, used as the religious and classical literary language of India.14

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