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199264826hunter gathererpeople that acquire food for their village by using the resources around them and following game; nomads, gender equality0
199264827domesticationusing animals as pets or as livestock (taming animals); leads to shelter, clothing, specialization and jobs, food1
199264828social stratificationsocial classes; hierarchy; economic system that can lead to separation and intolerance2
199264829innovationsnewer and better changes made to existing ideas and objects; ex. rocks (weaponry), fire3
199264830pastoralherd or clan--nomads4
199264831adaptationschanging in order to better fir the environment and culture5
199264832homo sapien sapienadapted, wiped out Neanderthols, "Wise Man" Same species as modern man. Migrated around the world and could create fire. Used a wide variety of tools6
199264833paleolithic agestone, The Old Stone Age, which lasted from 2.5 million to 8000 B.C. where the invention of tools, fire, and language took place.7
199264834homo erectusdiscover fire, stood upright, 2 limbs instead of four8
199264835mesolithic agemiddle stone, the middle period of the stone age, between the paleolithic and neolithic, The middle stone age, lasted from 10,000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. when we startedto control fire and develope language.9
199264836neolithic revolutionagricultural revolution that brought the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement10
199264837fertile crescentcrescent shaped area of fertile land in the middle east that extends through valley of Tigris and Euphrates down to Persian gulf; center of neolithic development11
199264838resistanceimmunity; the condition in which an organism can resist disease12
199264839Mesopotamiathe land between tigris and euphrates; the site of several ancient civilizations; is now iraq; (Akkad, Sumer, babylonia, Assyria)13
199264840slash and burn agriculturecutting and burning forests and woodlands to create fields for agriculture or pasture for livestock; sustainable practice when population is low14
199264841nomadic bandspeople who have no permanent home but move according to seasons or agricultural reasons15
199264842tribal bandsa tribe, viewed historically and developmentally, consisting of a social group before the development of states16
199264843Catal Huyukneolithic settlement; one of the first villages of civilizations; mud brick buildings, social stratification; 32 acres17
199264844hierarchya series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system18
199264845cuneiformancient writings of mesopotamia, persia, and ugarit; wedge shaped characters and script; earliest known writing system19
199264846tigris and euphrates, egypt, india, chinafour centers of early civilization20
199264847sumeriansthe earliest known civlization; were the first to have a language and are responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions. sumer/mesopotamia/babylonia21
199264848zigguratsa temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories22
199264849babyloniansextended their empire and helped bring civilization to other parts of the Middle East; famous for Hammurabi's Law Code, rose in power in Mesopotamia after the Assyrians; conquered and exiled the peoples of the southern kingdom of Judah23
199264850hammurabi6th king in the first dynasty of babylonia; extended the empire; earliest know collection of laws24
199264851patriarchalsystem, society, or government controlled by men25

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