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| 208270956 | Paleolithic Age | The Old Stone Age ending in 12,000 BCE, typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence. | 0 | |
| 208270957 | Homo Sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the paleolithic period. | 1 | |
| 208270958 | Neolithic Age | The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 BCE period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished | 2 | |
| 208270959 | Neolithic Revolution | The succession of technological Innovations and changes in human organization that led to the development of agriculture, 8500 - 3500 BCE | 3 | |
| 208270960 | Hunting and Gathering | The original human economy; ultimately eclipsed by agriculture; groups hunt for meat and forage for grains, nuts, and berries. | 4 | |
| 208270961 | Bronze Age | From about 4000 BCE, when bronze tools were first introduced in the middle east, to about 1500 BCE, when Iron began to replace it. | 5 | |
| 208270962 | Slash and Burn Agriculture | A system of cultivation typical of shifting cultivators, forest floors cleared by fire and then replanted. | 6 | |
| 208270963 | Band | A level of social organization normal consisting of 20 to 30 people; nomadic hunters and gatherers; labor divided on a gender basis. | 7 | |
| 208270964 | Catal Huyuk | Early urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification. | 8 | |
| 208270965 | Civilization | Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses and existence of non farming elites, as well as merchant and manufacturing groups. | 9 | |
| 208270966 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 10 | |
| 208270967 | Nomads | Cattle and sheep herding societies normally found on the fringe of civilized societies, commonly referred to as barbarian by civilized societies. | 11 | |
| 208270968 | Mesopotamia | Literally between the rivers, the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river Valleys. | 12 | |
| 208270969 | Sumerians | People who migrated into Mesopotamia c. 4000 BCE, created first civilization within region, organized into city states. | 13 | |
| 208270970 | Ziggurats | Massive towers usually associated with Mesopotamian temple complexes. | 14 | |
| 208270971 | City State | A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilizations; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by urban based king. | 15 | |
| 208270972 | Babylonian Empire | Unified all of Mesopotamia c. 1800 BCE; collapsed due to foreign invasion c. 1600 B.C.E | 16 | |
| 208270973 | Hammurabi | The most important ruler of the Babylonian Empire, responsible for codification of law. | 17 | |
| 208270974 | Pharoah | Title of Kings of Ancient Egypt. | 18 | |
| 208270975 | Pyramids | Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs. | 19 | |
| 208270976 | Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 1000 BCE conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | 20 | |
| 208270977 | Indus River Valley | River sources in Himalayas to mouth in Arabian sea; location of Harrappan civilization. | 21 | |
| 208270978 | Harappa | Along with Mohenjodaro, major urban complex of the Harrappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 22 | |
| 208270979 | Mohenjo Daro | Along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 23 | |
| 208270980 | Yellow River | Also known as the Huanghe; site of development of sedentary agriculture in China. | 24 | |
| 208270981 | Shang | First Chinese dynasty for which archaeological evidence exists; capital located in ordos bulge of the Huanghe. | 25 | |
| 208270982 | Oracles | Shamans or priests in Chinese Society who foretold the future through interpretations of animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing. | 26 | |
| 208270983 | Ideographs | Pictographic characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing. | 27 | |
| 208270984 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean. | 28 | |
| 208270985 | Monotheism | The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into western civilization. | 29 |
