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197787875Cultural DiffusionSharing of knowledge and goods with other groups; ideas or technology are exchanged0
197787876Demographythe branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations1
197787877Intervening Obstaclessomething that halts or slows migration from one area to another2
197787878Neolithic RevolutionThe changeover from food gathering to food producing; change from hunting and gathering to growing food3
197787879PolytheismThe belief in and worship of many gods.4
197787880Specialization of LaborThe division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work5
197787881CuneiformA system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables (Sumerians)6
197787882HittitesA 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 Syria7
197787883SumeriansPeople who dominated Southern Mesopotamia through the end of the 3rd Millennium BCE. Responsible for the creation of irrigation technology, cunieform, and religious conceptions8
197787884Marker EventsEvents that change the course of history; change the way we look at our world or history; invention of writing9
198270834Division of LaborA manufacturing technique that breaks down a craft into many simple and repetitive tasks that can be performed by unskilled workers10
198270835MigrationsPermanent moves to new locations11
198270836Push FactorEncourages people to move; persecution, disease, or crop failure12
198270837Pull FactorAttracts them to a new region; promise of freedom or better farmland13
198270838City-stateA small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory14
198270839ZigguratA massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks. Was at the center of Sumerian city-states and had a religious function15
198270840Periodizationan act or instance of dividing a subject into historical eras for purposes of analysis and study16
198270841Mohenjo-DaroIndus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system, one of the first settlements in India17
198270842Independent Inventionthe term for a trait with many cultural hearths that developed independent of each other18
198270843PharaohThe central figure in the ancient Egyptian state. Believed to be and earthly manifestation of the gods, used his power to maintain safety and prosperity of Egypt; is a New Kingdom term that means "royal house"19
198929103AryansIndo-European speaking nomads who entered India from the Central Asian steppes between 1500 and 1000 BC and greatly affected Indian society.20
198929104Mandate of HeavenChinese religious and political ideology developed by the Zhou, was the prerogative of Heaven, the chief deity, to grant power to the ruler of China; used by the Zhou to justify their seizure of Shang power21
198929105Horticulturethe cultivation of plants22
198931467HammurabiKing of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law.23
198931468HieroglyphicsA system of writing in which pictorial symbols represented sounds, syllables, or concepts (Egyptian)24
198931469Dravidianssurvivors of the Indus Valley civilization; the people that the Aryans conquered, one of the main groups of people in India; probably descended from the Indus River culture that flourished at the dawn of Indian civilization over 4,000 yrs. ago25
198931470Monsoonseasonal winds in the Indian Ocean. The large amounts of rainfall that they deposit on parts of India, Southeast Asia, and China allow for the cultivation of several crops a year; are sometimes wet and sometimes dry26

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