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prehistory
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a history of the events or incidents leading to a crisis, situation, or the like.
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social hierarchy
Definition
groupings of people according to wealth or importance in a society
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migrate
Definition
To move from one country or region and settle in another.
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land bridge
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how early people moved from continent to continent when there was less water.
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Neolithic Era
Definition
New Stone Age, when farming began
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nomads
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people who regularly move from place to place without fixed homes.
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province
Definition
political districts
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ziggurat
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a grand temple to its chief, moutain of god
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surplus
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An amount or a quantity in excess of what is needed
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code
Definition
collection of laws
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culture
Definition
ways of life shared by members of a group
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Paleolithic Era
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Old Stone Age, used stone to make tools and weapons
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Ice ages
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began about 100,000 B.C.thick ice sheets that covered all the continents
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Mesolithic Era
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middle stone, changed from hunting to herding animals and became domesticated
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agriculture
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farming
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epic
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celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero
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empire
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is a group of many different lands under one ruler
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anthropologists
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scientists who study how humans developed and how they related to one another.
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division of labor
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Separation of the work force into different categories of labor
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artisian
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skilled crafts person
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polytheism
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belief in multiple Gods
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hunter-gatherers
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the hunter -gatherers were nomads who hunted and gathered nearby berries nuts and grains.
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domestication
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tame animals for human use
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scribe
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boys from wealthy families who learned how to write became record keepers (scribe)
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excavate
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hollow out
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architecture
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someone who desgins a building
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grids
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what archeioligist use to measure an area
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cuneiform
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sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings
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What century comes next?

A.D.1997

Definition
twenty first century
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what are primary and secondary sources?
Definition

Primary:A source that have contemporary events

secondary:interpet primary source

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Ways in which early humans adapted to survive during the ice ages.
Definition
THey learned how to tame fire,build sturdier shelters, change their diet, and making warm clothes.
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Reasons of migration.
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Follow large herds and move to warmer climates.
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differences between the three time eras.
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Paleolithic people:fist to use technology;Mesolithic Age;people changed from hunting to herding;Neolithic Age;began to build villages and farm.
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various scientists and their discoveries
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The leakeys;discovered many fossils of homininds and found skull nearly 2 million years ago.Johanson; discovered an entire skeleton of a hominid nicknamed Lucy.
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The development of tools.
Definition
Hand axe, spear, fish hooks, needles, nets, baskets, clothing
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Reasons people began new settlements along rivers
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good farming conditions, easy to feed many people, water, fish,transportation, and trade
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Old Neolithic communities
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Jericho, Catal Huyuk
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characteristics of civilization
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goverment, class division, cities, art, religion, trade
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agriculture
Definition
changed the kind of food people ate,did not have to spread out, changed their food,pollute environment, helped spread disease faster
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What century comes next?

776 B.C

Definition
seventh century
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