4741587975 | Argarian Revolution | a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet, into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods | 0 | |
4741587976 | Band | surround (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, typically for reinforcement or decoration. | 1 | |
4741587977 | Barbaric | savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal. primitive | 2 | |
4741587978 | Bronze Age | a time period characterized by the use of bronze, proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization. Wikipedia | 3 | |
4741587979 | Catal Huyuk | was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC. It is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic site found to date. | 4 | |
4741587980 | City-states | ith its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 5 | |
4741587981 | Civilization | by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social development and organization. | 6 | |
4741587982 | Cuneiform | denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets. | 7 | |
4741587983 | Domestication | is the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use. Domestic species are raised for food, work, clothing, medicine, and many other uses. Domesticated plants and animals must be raised and cared for by humans. Domesticated species are not wild. | 8 | |
4741587984 | Hammurabi | was the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon, assumed the throne from his father, Sin-Muballit, and expanded the kingdom to conquer all of ancient Mesopotamia. | 9 | |
4741587985 | Homo Sapiens Sapiens | r the only extant human species. Homo is the human genus, which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominid; H. sapiens is the only surviving species of the genus Homo. | 10 | |
4741587986 | Hunting and Gathering | Societies that rely primarily or exclusively on hunting wild animals, fishing, and gathering wild fruits, berries, nuts, and vegetables to support their diet. | 11 | |
4741587987 | Ideographic Symbols | these symbols are logograms, representing words or morphemes of a particular language rather than objects or concepts. | 12 | |
4741587988 | Matrilineal | of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line. | 13 | |
4741587989 | Matrilocal | custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife's community. | 14 | |
4741587990 | Mesolithic , or Middle Stone, Age | is the culture between paleolithic and neolithic | 15 | |
4741587991 | Metalworking | the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures | 16 | |
4741587992 | Middle East | the countries of SW Asia & N Africa —usually considered to include the countries extending from Libya on the W to Afghanistan on the E | 17 | |
4741587993 | Monotheism | belief that there is only one God. | 18 | |
4741587994 | Mother Goddess | represents, or is a personification of nature, motherhood, fertility, creation, destruction or who embodies the bounty of the Earth | 19 | |
4741587995 | Natufian Complex | practiced collection of wild barley and wheat to supplement game; large settlement sites. matrilocal. a culture in which young men upon marriage go to live with the bride's family. | 20 | |
4741587996 | Neanderthals | species of human that was widely distributed in ice-age, with a receding forehead and prominent brow ridges. were associated with the Mousterian flint industry of the Middle Paleolithic. | 21 | |
4741587997 | Neolithic Revolution | 22 | ||
4741587998 | Neolithic, or New Stone Age | cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 BC in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements | 23 | |
4741587999 | Nomads | person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer | 24 | |
4741588000 | Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age | lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used. | 25 | |
4741588001 | Pastorialism | the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock | 26 | |
4741588002 | Pharaoh | ruler in ancient Egypt | 27 | |
4741588003 | Prehistoric | the period before written records | 28 | |
4741588004 | River Valley Civilizations | civilizations that emerged on the Yellow River the Indus River the Nile River (and between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers made lasting contributions to civilizations. | 29 | |
4741588005 | Savages | member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized | 30 | |
4741588006 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants | 31 | |
4741588007 | Sluices | an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow | 32 | |
4741588008 | Social Differentiation | the distinction made between social groups and persons on the basis of biological, physiological, and sociocultural factors, as sex, age, or ethnicity, resulting in the assignment of roles and status within a society. | 33 | |
4741588009 | Ziggurats | rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. | 34 |
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