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283024334Australopithecusthe earliest human-like creature that flourished in eastern and southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago0
283024335Homo Erectusextinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain1
283024336Homo Habilisextinct species of upright east African hominid having some advanced human-like characteristics2
283024337Homo NeanderthalensisNeanderthals - 230,000 to 30,000 years ago, Africa, Asia, Europe, walked upright, used complex tools, hunted in groups, sense of community, burial mounds, healed each other.3
283024338Homo Sapiensthe only surviving hominid4
283024339Paleoanthropologistspeople who study the ancestors of modern people5
283024340Agricultural VillageA relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. Starting over 10,000 years ago, people began to cluster in agricultural villages as they stayed in one place to tend their crops.6
283024341Akkadian EmpireBegan in 2350 BCE when Sargon - King of Akkad - began conquering Sumerian cities. The empire was the first to unite city-states under a single ruler and ruled for 200 years.7
283024342City- Statea city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside8

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