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| 11738955457 | big geography | draws attention to the global nature of world history | 0 | |
| 11738957450 | Paleolithic period | old stone age; ended 10,000 years ago; humans migrated from Africa, adapted to various climates, and developed technologies | 1 | |
| 11738968236 | hunter-forager | also hunter-gatherer; a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or pastoralism | 2 | |
| 11738974565 | agriculture | the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | 3 | |
| 11738979059 | farmers' effects on environment | cultivation of selection plants to the exclusion of others, construction of irrigation systems, and use of domesticated animals for food and labor | 4 | |
| 11738984115 | patriarchy | a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line | 5 | |
| 11746340249 | pastoralism | a type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter | 6 | |
| 11746358279 | civilization | a large society with cities that had agricultural surpluses resulting in specialization of labor, complex institutions like political bureaucracies, armies, and religious hierarchies, social hierarchies, and organized long-distance trading relationships | 7 | |
| 11746402400 | institution | a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people | 8 | |
| 11746406252 | bureaucracy | administrative offices of a government staffed with non-elected workers | 9 | |
| 11746471073 | sedentism | the practice of living in one place for a long time | 10 | |
| 11746474584 | Neolithic Revolution | prehistorical shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements | 11 | |
| 11746497187 | where agriculture originated | Mesopotamia, the Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indus River Valley, the Yellow River (or Huang He) Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes | 12 | |
| 11746529444 | Mesopotamia | Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys | 13 | |
| 11746531705 | Egypt | Nile River Valley | 14 | |
| 11746538323 | Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa | Indus River Valley | 15 | |
| 11746540984 | Shang | Yellow River (Huang He) Valley | 16 | |
| 11746543734 | Olmec | Mesoamerica | 17 | |
| 11746550338 | Chavin | Andean South America | 18 | |
| 11746557026 | first states emerged in | Mesopotamia and the Nile River Valley | 19 | |
| 11746574528 | early monumental architecture and urban planning | ziggurats, pyramids, and defensive walls | 20 | |
| 11746582409 | early record keeping | cuneiform and hieroglyphics | 21 | |
| 11746597006 | early legal codes | Code of Hammurabi (Babylonia) and Code of Ur-Nammu (Sumer) | 22 |
