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10531327252Agriculturethe practice of cultivating the land or raising stock0
10531332000Domesticationtaming of animals1
10531333962IrrigationA way of supplying water to an area of land2
10531339421Paleolithic Erathe first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools3
10546004381Neolithic RevolutionA turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.4
10546007197SurplusAn unsold quantity of a good resulting from a lack of equilibrium in a market5
10546013666PatriarchyA form of social organization in which males dominate females6
10546016336Stratificationthe arrangement or classification of something into different groups7
10546019443Nomadspeople who move from place to place8
10546024387Pastoralismthe domestication of animals9
10546031418DiffusionThe process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time10
10546039238Ideologya system of social or political ideas11
10546042922City-Statea city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.12
10546045680SumerThe world's first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.13
10546045681Babylonthe chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capitol of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia14
10546060094ZigguratA pyramid shaped temple tower15
10546063958PharaohA ruler of ancient Egypt16
10546065479Monotheismbelief in a single God17
10546067449PolytheismBelief in many gods18
10546068641HittitesAn ancient Anatolian group whose empire at largest extent consisted of most of the Middle East.19
10546074663Demographicrelated to population balance20
10546077832Code of Hammurabia set of laws established by Hammurabi21
10546081461Harappaa large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan22
10546084577Egalitarianpromoting equal rights for all people23
10546086096HierarchyA group organized by rank24
10546086990Cuneiformthe world's first system of writing25

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