210818464 | Cuneiform | an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia | 0 | |
210818465 | Domestication | accommodation to domestic life | 1 | |
210818466 | dynasty | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | 2 | |
210818467 | economic specialization | individuals or groups of people who concentrate on one product or service | 3 | |
210818468 | egalitarian | a person who believes in the equality of all people | 4 | |
210818469 | erosion | erosion by chemical action | 5 | |
210818470 | foraging | hunting and gathering | 6 | |
210818471 | hammurabi's code | A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties. | 7 | |
210818472 | Hieroglyphics | a system of writing using symbols or pictures | 8 | |
210818473 | Hittites | A people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. With wealth from the trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces, the hittites vied with New Kingdom Egypt over Syria (p.64) | 9 | |
210818474 | Indo-European | A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia | 10 | |
210818475 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 11 | |
210818476 | Loess | a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind | 12 |
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