208574060 | Erosion | condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind | 0 | |
208574061 | Foraging | the act of searching for food and provisions | 1 | |
208574062 | Hammurabi's Code | A legal code developed by King Hammurabi of Mesopotamia. The code was influential in the establishment of Hebrew and Islamic law and in the U.S. judiciary system. It specified crimes and punishments to help judges impose penalties. | 2 | |
208574063 | Hieroglyphic | a writing system using picture symbols | 3 | |
208574064 | Hittities | a group of indo-european speakers who occupied Anatolia by about 2000 B.C. | 4 | |
209769109 | Indo-European | the language almost all other languages came from | 5 | |
209769110 | Karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 6 | |
209769111 | Loess | yellow-brown soil | 7 | |
209769112 | Maize | tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears | 8 | |
209769113 | Mandate of Heaven | a political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source | 9 | |
209769114 | Matriarchal | relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family | 10 | |
209769115 | Mercenary | a person hired to fight for another country than their own | 11 | |
209769116 | Metallurgy | the science and technology of metals | 12 | |
209769117 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. | 13 | |
209769118 | Monotheism | belief in one god | 14 | |
209769119 | Neolithic | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) | 15 | |
209769120 | Nomad | a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | 16 |
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