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4780106371Paleolithic AgeAlso referred to as the Old Stone Age, people made use of crude stone tools and weapons.0
4780106372Neolithic AgeAlso referred to as the New Stone Age, people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals.1
4780113494Neolithic RevolutionPeople shifted from food gathering to food producing (hunter-gatherer to farming)2
4780113495Bronze AgePeriod in which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to make tools and weapons.3
4780113496CivilizationCulture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.4
4780114405Slash & Burn AgricultureFarming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil.5
4780114406CuneiformSumerian system of writing using wedge-shaped symbols6
4780114407ZigguratsA tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple.7
4780114408City-StateA city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.8
4780115474Oracles9
4780116560Catal Huyuk10
4780116561Mesopotamia11
4780117664KushAncient Nubian kingdom whose rulers controlled Egypt between 2000 and 1000 B.C.12
4780117665Harappa/Mohenjo-DaraIndus River Valley civilization that existed around 7000 B.C. and was characterized by sophisticated city planning.13
4780120159Homo Sapien SapiensBiological species to which modern human beings belong14
4780120160NomadsMember of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water.15
4780120161Sumerians16
4780121159Hammurabi17
4780121160PhoeniciansSeafaring people of SW Asia, who around 1100 B.C. began to trade and establish colonies through the Mediterranean region.18
4780121962DomesticationThe taming of animals for human use.19
4780121963MigrationThe act of moving from one place to settle in another.20
4780122846PastoralismBranch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock.21

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