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| 79430195 | Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age | 14,000 years ago. Human beings learned only simple tool use, mainly through employing suitably shaped rocks and sticks for hunting and warfare. During this time, humanity was spread much over the earth's surface. | 0 | |
| 79430196 | Mesolithic, or Middle Stone Age | about 12,000 to 8000BC. the ability to fashion some tools and other implements improved greatly. Domesticated more animals led to and increase in food supply and an increase in population growth. | 1 | |
| 79430197 | Neolithic Revolution | the invention of agriculture. this revolution began in the Middle East as early as 10,000BC and gradually spread to other centers, including parts of India, North Africa, and Europe. | 2 | |
| 79430198 | Prehistoric | term used for human patterns before the invention of writing allowed for people to record their history. | 3 | |
| 79430199 | Metalworking | 3000BC. became common in the Middle East and gradually diffused to Asia, Africa,and Europe. helped with agricultural and herding societies. helped with the creation of more efficient farming tools and weaponry. first metal was copper then iron became very popular. | 4 | |
| 79430200 | Civilization | comes from the Latin word "city". formal states, writing, cities, and complex religions differentiates one civilization from another. they also develop elaborate trading patterns and extensive political territories. | 5 | |
| 79430201 | Çatal Hüyük | Neolithic village located in southern Turkey. (best example of a neolithic village) | 6 | |
| 79430202 | River Valley Civilization | the first civilizations sprang up alongside the banks of major rivers in order to irrigate their agricultural fields. it began in the middle east and went on for may centuries but most declined by 1000BC. | 7 | |
| 79463170 | Tigris-Euphrates Civilization | founded in the valley of the Tigris-Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia. one of the only civilizations that started from scratch, with no example to imitate. | 8 | |
| 79463171 | Sumerians | most influential people of the tigris-euphrates region. they developed a cuneiform alphabet, the first human writing. they were characterized by their development of astronomical sciences, intense religious beliefs, and tightly organized city-states. also improved the region's agricultural prosperity by learning about fertilizers and adopting silver to conduct an early for of commercial exchange. | 9 | |
| 79463172 | Egyptian Civilization | emerged in northern africa, along the nile river in 3000 BC. benefited from trade and technology from Mesopotamia, but it produced different social structures and cultural expressions. they had mathematical achievements and impressive architectural forms, including the pyramids. | 10 |
