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10798897958Paleolithic AgeThe old stone age ending in 1200 BCE; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting-and-gathering for subsistence.0
10798933814Homo Sapiens SapiensThe humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic Period.1
10798945521Neolithic AgeThe new stone age between 8000-5000 BCE; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished.2
10798985298Neolithic revolutionThe succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture 8500-3500 BCE.3
10799002774Hunting and gatheringThe original human economy, ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; groups hunt for meat and forage for grains, nuts, and berries.4
10799017210Catal HuyukEarly urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification.5
10799054022Bronze ageFrom about 4000 BCE; when bronze tools were first introduced in the Middle East, to replace it.6
10799076658Nomadsa member of people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.7

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