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197561409subspeciesa more specific version of a species, which has developed differently because of environmental factors0
197561410transmissionthe movement of disease from one group to another1
197561411Mesolithica period from 12,000 to 8,000 BCE where the ability to create stone tools and implements improved vastly2
197561412hunting and gathering systema lifestyle defined by the hunting of game and the gathering of berries and small plants3
197561413Kalahari Desertthe largest desert in southwest Africa; home of hunting groups such as the pygmies4
197561414socioeconomic systemThe structure of a community in regards to both social and economic factors5
197561415agriculturalista person or group of people that believed in agriculture as a socioeconomic system6
197561416Catal Hyuykan unusually large Neolithic village in southern Turkey that was founded around 7,000 BCE7
197561417Indus Riverthe site of the third early center of civilization8
197561418social classa division in society, usually based on the amount of wealth9
197561419subordinatea person who takes orders from a person of higher authority10
197561420revenerationthe respect towards elderly people in societies11
197561421Scribea person in Sumerian culture who had mastered the Sumerian alphabet and would write12
197561422patron goda deity who was considered the ruler of a Sumerian city13
197561423property rightsthe rights a person had over property they owned14
197561424Indo-Europeana group of people who resided in eastern Europe15
197561425Semiticpeoples who invaded the Middle East from the south16
197561426P'an Kuthe mythic ancestor of the Chinese17
197561427cosmopolitanan urban-based culture18
197561428special compactthe Jewish belief that they were God's chosen people19
197561429diffusionthe spread of people, items, and ideas20
197561430hinterlandthe outskirts of a central region21
1975614315 distinct centers of civilizationEgyptians (Egypt), Sumerians (Mesopotamia), Huanghes (China), Harappans (India), Olmecs (Mexico)22

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