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7539258960PrehistoricHuman patterns before the invention of writing.0
7539262180PaleolithicOld Stone Age, 14,000 yrs. ago, Homo-erectus to Homo Sapiens Sapiens.1
7539262181NeolithicNew Stone Age, invention of Agriculture which began in the Middle East2
7539265500NomadicCattle and sheep-herding societies.3
7539265501BandsA group of persons.4
7539265502Hunter-gathererA member of a group who subsist by hunting, fishing and foraging5
7539268638CultureBehaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social or ethnic group6
7539268135CivilizationAn advanced state of human societies.7
7539272330Agrarian Revolution.Transformation of agriculture (when it began).8
7539275946PatriarchalA group or society controlled by the head or eldest male9
7539275947MatriarchalA group or society controlled by the head or eldest female.10
7539279916MatrilinealFamily descent and inheritance traced through the female line.11
7539284156MatrilocalA culture in which young men upon marriage go to live with his wife's family.12
7539286793PastorialismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals.13
7539289324EgalitarianEquality of all people, especially in political, economic or social life.14
7539289325BridepriceGifts or money the groom gives to the bride's family. (bridewealth)15
7539291983CourtesanProstitute with an upper class clientele.16
7539291984DowryProperty a woman brings to her husband in a marriage or a gift of money or property by a man to or for his bride.17
7539294505GenderSex of a person.18
7539294506PolygamyHaving more than one spouse or mate at one time.19
7539294507ConcubineA woman who lives with a man who has legally recognized position in his household as less than a wife.20
7539296711EunuchA castrated male placed in charge of a harem or employed as a court official.21
7539299294ForagingAcquisition of food by hunting, fishing or gathering of plant matter.22

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