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4841054728Slash and Burn AgricultureA method of growing food by burning and cutting down all forestation to create a new fertilized soil for crops0
4841054729CivilizationA group or organization in its most advanced state of living1
4841054730PaleolithicThe early years of the Stone Age2
4841054731NeolithicThe later years of the Stone Age3
4841054732PrehistoricA period before written documents4
4841054733CultureThe arts of of human achievement5
4841054734BandA group or association of people who share a common belief, fact, or ancestor6
4841054735MatrilinealBased on the blood relationship with the mother7
4841054736PatrilinealBased on the blood relationship with the father8
4841054737PastoralismAgriculture relating to livestock9
4841054738Catal HuyukThe best preserved Neolithic site10
4841054739SumeriansPeople who lived in Sumeria11
4841054740AkkadiansThe people of the city Akkad12
4841054741BabyloniansThe people of Babylon13
4841054742Ideographic symbolsA symbol or character that represents a idea14
4841054743CuneiformThe characters used in ancient writings15
4841054744City-stateA city with land around it that becomes a independent state16
4841054745Tigris Euphrates CivilizationTwo rivers that were on opposite sides of Mesopotamia17
4841054746Indus River CivilizationA civilization that lived by the Indus River18
4841054747Nile Valley CivilizationA civilization that lived by the Nile River19
4841054748Huang He CivilizationThe Yellow River(Huang He) held the first civilization in China20
4841054749Harappa and Mohenjo-DaroThe site of the largest Indus Valley Civilization21
4841054750PhoeniciansA civilization that lived on the Mediterranean Sea22
4841054751Qin Shi HugandiThe first Chinese emperor23
4841054752PolytheismBelieving in more than one God24
4841054753MonotheismBelieving in one god25
4841054754HammurabiThe sixth king of the Babylon dynasty26

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