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4893414073PaleolithicStone Age-simple tools made by stone tools for hunting and gathering0
4893414074Neolithic revolutionA transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and domesticating animals1
4893414075PatriarchySocial system where the males are head of the family2
4893414076PastoralismRaising animals / domesticating them for food, clothes, and shelter3
4893414077DomesticatedTamed(animal) or cultivated(plant) and kept by man4
4893414078AgrarianSociety where economy is based on producing/maintaining crops/farmland5
4893414079ForagingPeople who hunt and gather6
4893414080MetallurgyScience of metals - studies structures shaping and treatment of metals7
4893414081CivilizationSociety in advanced state of development w/ complex legal, political, and religious orginizations8
4893414082Specialization of laborThe breakdown of jobs into repetitive tasks9
4893414083Political bureaucracyA government administration managed by departments of non elected officials10
4893414084Religious / social hierarchyDifferent levels where things are placed above, below, or on the same level11
4893414085GilgameshA Sumerian poem that is considered the 1st great work of literature12
4893414086Hatshepsut5th pharaoh in 18th dynasty of Egypt, 2nd confirmed female13
4893414087BantuName of large group of sub Saharan African languages and people who speak the languages14
4893414088Aryana vs dravidiansAryans occupied north India dravidians occupied south India15
4893414089OlmecEarly Mediterranean society16
4893414090Catal huyukCity settlement in southern Anatolia17
4893414091Composite bowsTraditional bow made from wood, horn, and sinew put together18
4893414092Chariots2 wheeled horse drawn vehicle used in racing and warfare19
4893414093HittiesPeople from central Anatolia who made an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the late bronze age20
4893414094CuneiformSumerian writing by pressing a wedged shaped tool into clay tablets21
4893414095HieroglyphsWriting using symbols to represent sounds, syllables, or concepts22
4893414096Hammurabis codeSophisticated law code associated w the Babylonian king Hammurabi23
4893414097VedicStories written in sandskirt24
4893414098ZoroastrianismPersian religion based on the teaching of 6th century BCE prophet Zarathustra; its emphasis on the duality of good and evil and on the role of individuals in determining their own fate would influence later traditions25
4893414099ZigguratsLarge tower made of mud bricks in ancient Mesopotamian cities -unknown function26
4893414100SemeticRELATED languages spoken in parts of Asia and Africa mostly widespread in Arabic27
4893414101PhoeniciansOn eastern Mediterranean coast; made an alphabet that used sounds instead of symbols like cuneiform28

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