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4855104060North America0
4855104061Caribbean1
4855104062Latin America2
4855104063Central Africa3
4855104064East Africa4
4855104065East Asia5
4855104066Eastern Europe6
4855104067Middle East (Southwest Asia)7
4855104068South Africa8
4855104069South Asia9
4855104070Southeast Asia10
4855104071West Africa11
4855104072Western Europe12
4855104073Norte ChicoA region along the coast of Peru that possessed a highly-developed urban culture as early as 2500 B.C.E. Characterized by massive stepped pyramids and extensive use of cotton.13
4855104074Indus Valley3rd millennium BC, Elaborately planned cities, standardized measures, irrigated agriculture, written language, no temples kings etc., had a lot of land, no political hierarchy, was abandoned because of mass deforestation, low crop yields, famine, environmental deterioration, etc. their influence continued even to this day (i.e. yoga). Important because it shows how we developed in our cities and economy.14
4855104076Olmec Civilizationearliest known American civilization, located in southern Mexico and known for its pyramids and huge stone heads15
4855104077Urukan ancient Sumerian city in Southern Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c. : exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.16
4855104078Mohenjo-Daro / Harappathe two main cities of india, know as twin capitals and both 3 miles in circumference17
4855104079Epic of GilgemeshMesopotamian flood story that includes legends and myths, the friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu18
4855104080Code of HammurabiA collection of 282 laws which were enforced under Hammurabi's Rule. One of the first examples of written law in the ancient civilizations.19
4855104081PatriarchyA form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line20
4855104082Rise of the StateA process of centralization that took place in the First Civilizations, growing out of the greater complexity or urban life in recognition of the need for coordination, regulation, adjudication, and military leadership21
4855104083Egypt: "the gift of the Nile"provided annual and predictable flooding that benefited and provided a sustainable lifestyle for this civilization, also gave them a stable and positive worldview, proved unty and independence and security22
4855104084NubiaA civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted for development of an alphabetic writing system and a major iron working industry by 500 BCE23
4855104086Venus FigurinesPaleolithic carvings of the female form, often with exaggerated breasts, buttocks, hips, and stomachs, which may have had religious significance24
4855104087DreamtimeA complex worldview of Australia's Aboriginal people that held that current humans live in an echo of ancestral happenings25
4855104088Clovis CultureThe earliest widespread and distinctive culture of North America; named from the Clovis point, a particular kind of projectile point26
4855104090Austronesian MigrationsThe last phase of the great human migration that established a human presence in every habitable region of the earth. Austronesian-speaking people settled the Pacific island and Madagascar in a series of seaborne migrations that began around 3,500 years ago27
4855104091shamansIn many early societies, a person believed to have the ability to act as a leasion between living humans and supernatural forces, often by means of trances induced by psychoactive drugs28
4855104093Paleolithic settling downThe process by which some Paleolithic peoples moved toward permanent settlement in the wake of the last Ice Age. Settlement was marked by increasing storage of food and accumulation of goods, as well as growing inequalities in society29
4855104094Gobekli Tepeoldest religious structure. made by hunter gathers. Indicates that religion came before organization of labor, settlement and agriculture30
4855104095Fertile CrescentA geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates31
4855104096Teosintea wild grass found in the highlands of Mexico, is the wild ancestor of maize32
4855104097DiffusionIs the process by which a characterictic spreads33
4855104098Bantu Migrations(1500BCE to 500CE) As the Bantu people migrated, they spread the Bantu family of languages and culture. The Bantu also spread the use of iron, which improved farming techniques and agricultural efficiency, the greater food supply sparked economic development and population growth. The changes instigated by the Bantu migration increased the vitality of sub-Saharan Africa.34
4855104101Pastoral SocietiesBased on the domestication of animals and use their products as main source of food. Groups move where there is foods but they are more settlers than nomads. Independent and warlike.35
4855104102CatalhuyukGood example of agricultural village society. Social structure, buried dead, many people, well built houses, specialization.36
4855104103ChiefdomsA society that is led by a ruler of decent, but seldom used force to lead their people. They relied on generosity, charisma, and leadership to rule.37
4855104104Paleolithic Rock ArtThe hundreds of Paleolithic painting discovered in Spain and France, dating to about 20,000 years ago; these paintings depict a range of animals, although human figures and abstract designs are also found.38
4855104105NeanderthalsHomo sapiens neanderthalensis, a European varient of Homo sapiens that died out about 25,000 years ago39

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