Technological and Environmental Transformations (Beginning to 600 BCE)
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| 181254970 | Region | a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth | 0 | |
| 181254971 | Place | A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character. | 1 | |
| 181254972 | Migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another | 2 | |
| 181254973 | Archaeologist | an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture | 3 | |
| 181254974 | Anthropologist | scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors | 4 | |
| 191042845 | Paleontologist | a scientist who studies fossils | 5 | |
| 191042846 | Neolithic Age | "New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture. | 6 | |
| 191042847 | Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC | 7 | |
| 191042848 | Paleolithic Age | (2,500,000 B.C.E-8000 B.C.E.) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering as a food source. | 8 | |
| 191042849 | culture | 1. the raising of plants or animals 2. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization | 9 | |
| 191042850 | cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another | 10 | |
| 191042851 | hominid | A primate of the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures | 11 | |
| 191042852 | pastoralism | A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter. | 12 | |
| 191042853 | agrarian society | A society (country) that makes most of its money through farming. | 13 | |
| 191042854 | slash-burn farming | Early agrarian hominids used this method. They slashed the bark on trees to kill them, then burned the area of slashed trees until there was nothing but ashes. The ashes fertilized their crops for one to two years, then they would move to a new area and use the same method again. | 14 | |
| 191042855 | subsistence farming | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing | 15 | |
| 191042856 | civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | 16 | |
| 191042857 | domestication | the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food | 17 | |
| 191042858 | barter | To exchange goods or services without the use of money | 18 | |
| 191042859 | city-state | An independent, self-governing city; a form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king. | 19 | |
| 191042860 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 20 | |
| 191042861 | empire | the domain ruled by an emperor or empress | 21 | |
| 191042862 | polytheism | belief in multiple gods | 22 | |
| 191042863 | monotheism | belief in a single God | 23 | |
| 191042864 | theocracy | the belief in government by divine guidance | 24 | |
| 191042865 | monarch | a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right, a king or queen | 25 | |
| 191042866 | aristocracy | a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility | 26 | |
| 191042867 | oligarchy | a political system governed by a few people | 27 | |
| 191042868 | cumin form | ??????????? | 28 | |
| 191047330 | hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds | 29 | |
| 191047331 | feudalism | a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection and land in return for service | 30 | |
| 191047332 | mandate of heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 31 | |
| 191047333 | imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 32 | |
| 191047334 | patriarchal society | male-dominated society | 33 | |
| 191047335 | australopithecines | Any of several extinct humanlike primates that lived from about 4 million years ago to 750,000 years ago. The name means "southern ape", which refers to the area in Africa where they were primarily found. The most famous of the fossil remains was given the nickname of Lucy. | 34 | |
| 191047336 | homo habilis | the earliest member of the genus Homo, found on sites dating between 2.5 and 1.6 million years ago. Translated as "handy man". | 35 | |
| 191047337 | homo erectus | extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain. Translated as "upright man" | 36 | |
| 191047338 | neanderthal | extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia | 37 | |
| 191047339 | cro-magnon | A prehistoric European population of modern humans (Homo sapiens) known from fossils, paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts. | 38 | |
| 191047340 | homo sapiens | A species of the creatures Hominid who have larger brains and to which humans belong, dependent of language and usage of tools. | 39 | |
| 191047341 | homo sapiens sapiens | subspecies of Homo sapiens (includes modern humans) | 40 | |
| 191047342 | Leakey (family) | English paleontologist family whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution | 41 | |
| 191047343 | Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law used in mesopotamia. | 42 | |
| 191047344 | Menes (Narmer) | king of upper egypt; united the two kingdoms of upper and lower egypt | 43 | |
| 191047345 | Queen Hatshepsut | Ruler of Egypt who built impressive monuments and temples, and expanded trade south to Punt on the Red Sea and north to Asia Minor and Greece. | 44 | |
| 191047346 | Thutmose III | Stepson of Hatshepsut; considered the greatest Pharoah of the New Kingdom of Egypt; reigned from 1479 B.C. to 1429 B.C.; expanded empire to include Syria and Nubia | 45 | |
| 191047347 | Ramses II | known as greatest pharaoh ever, ruled for 67 years, created treaty with Hittites (first treaty in history), establish ownership borders of Isreal, largest tomb, ruled while Jews were there | 46 | |
| 191047348 | Sargon of Akkad | A conqueror from Akkad, north of Sumer, who took over all of Mesopotamia and created the world's first empire. | 47 |
