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4732376651Paleolithic EraEarliest known use of stone tools by human to the ens of the Pleistocene0
4732377019Homo sapiensHomo is the human genus, sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo1
4732377020Neolithic EraThe new stone age from 10,200 BC and ending between 4,500 and 2,000 BC2
4732377688Neolithic RevolutionA shift in the way people live, from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to longer lasting civilizations3
4732377689Bronze AgeA time period characterized by the use of bronze and early features of urban civilizations4
4732377918CivilizationCivilizations are a gathering of people that can sustain themselves and considered to be advanced5
4732378261NomadsA person who travels from place to place to find fresh land for their livestock6
4732378262MesopotamiaAn ancient region in Southwest Asia between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates7
4732378546Citystatea sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories8
4732378547Indus river Valleyan aincent civilization that flourished in the Indus river Valley9
4732663174ShangA chinese dynasty from 1766-1122 BC10
4732663175Ideographanother term for ideogram11
4733594048PhoeniciansAn ainect civilization that lived along the Mediterranian sea12
4733594049Babylonian EmpireAn war driver Civilization which conqured many other civilitaions during it rule13
4733594246Catal HuyukA very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city in southern Anatolia14
4733594247MonotheisimMonotheism is the belief of only one true God15
4733594401CuneiformA system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia16
4733594402SumertianA ancient language, non-Semitic element it contributed to the Babylonian Empire17
4733594481HarappaAn ancient civilization the was in present day Pakistan18
4733594482Mohenjo DaroOne of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization ,also known as the Harappan Civilizatiion19
4733594609Yellow RiverA river flowing through Western China into he Gulf of Bohai20

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