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| refers to the time before people developed writing. |
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| grouping of people according to wealth and or importance in a society. |
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| to move from one place or country to another,especially in order to make a new home. |
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| a transcontinental rail route between countries,as those in Europe and the Far East ,considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes. |
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| During the Neolithic Period people used stone tools, domesticated plants and animals, and lived in villages. |
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| a member of a tribe or people that has no fixed homebut keeps moving about looking for food or pasture for its animals. |
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| (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces. |
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| something that remains above what is used or needed. |
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| system of principles or rules. |
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| ways of life shared by members of a group. |
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| The Paleolithic era, meaning "Old Stone Age" is a very long period of human prehistory, extending from the first tool-using homonids at least 2.6 million years ago, all the way up until the receding of continental glaciers and the development of agriculture c. 10,000 BC. |
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| The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. |
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| The Mesolithic era refers to a short period of time immediately after the recession of continental glaciers of the last Ice Age, about 11,000 years ago (9000 BCE), to the development of agriculture 10,000 - 8,000 years ago. |
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| the production of livestock,crops, poultry,feeding,breeding,farming,and land. |
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| a long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds. |
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| a group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government. |
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| a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the needs of the group. |
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| a belief in many gods;polythiestic is believing in many gods. |
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| a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild. |
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| to tame animals and plants for human use. |
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| to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging. |
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| the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. |
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| a rectangular system of coordinates used in locating the principal elements of a plan. |
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| Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings. |
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| refers to the time before people developed writing |
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| order of dates in which events happen. |
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| first hand pieces of evidence from people who saw or experienced the events described. |
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| are often created long after the events. |
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| hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been. |
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| weapons,tools,and other things made by humans. |
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| traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rocks. |
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| people who regularly move. |
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| tools and methods that help humans perform tasks. |
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| tame animals for human use. |
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| the development of different kinds of jobs. |
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| refers to the time before people developed writing. |
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| grouping of people according to wealth and or importance in a society. |
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| to move from one place or country to another,especially in order to make a new home. |
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| a transcontinental rail route between countries,as those in Europe and the Far East ,considered faster and less costly than all-sea routes. |
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| During the Neolithic Period people used stone tools, domesticated plants and animals, and lived in villages. |
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| a member of a tribe or people that has no fixed homebut keeps moving about looking for food or pasture for its animals. |
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| (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower, consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure, presenting the appearance of a series of terraces. |
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| something that remains above what is used or needed. |
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| system of principles or rules. |
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| ways of life shared by members of a group. |
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| The Paleolithic era, meaning "Old Stone Age" is a very long period of human prehistory, extending from the first tool-using homonids at least 2.6 million years ago, all the way up until the receding of continental glaciers and the development of agriculture c. 10,000 BC. |
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| The general term "ice age" or, more precisely, "glacial age" denotes a geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. |
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| The Mesolithic era refers to a short period of time immediately after the recession of continental glaciers of the last Ice Age, about 11,000 years ago (9000 BCE), to the development of agriculture 10,000 - 8,000 years ago. |
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| the production of livestock,crops, poultry,feeding,breeding,farming,and land. |
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| a long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds. |
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| a group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government. |
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| a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the needs of the group. |
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| a belief in many gods;polythiestic is believing in many gods. |
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| a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild. |
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| to tame animals and plants for human use. |
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| to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging. |
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| the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. |
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| a rectangular system of coordinates used in locating the principal elements of a plan. |
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| Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings. |
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