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Used simple tools to construct shelters

Followed animals for hunting

Made clothes from animal hides

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Ways hunter-gatherers adpated to thwir natural environment
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The women gathered wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts while the men hunted wild animals for food and hides.

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How hunter-gatherer societies functioned
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Development of agriculture, permanent settlements, villages, civilizations

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The development of civilizations
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People could settle in one spot and build permanent settlements

Irrigation techniques were developed

Food surpluses allowed for a division of labor

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Impact of the domestication of plants and animals on society
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The physical freature that helped to isolate and protect the Egyptian civilization as it developed.

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The deserts to the east and west
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Members of the religious group were always on top

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Characteristics of the social hierarchies for the Tigris and Euphrates, Nile, and Indus River Valleys
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In ancientcivilizations, the develpment of language was a crucial aspect in becoming a more complex society.

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Phoenicicans:alphabet

Egyptians:Hieroglyphics

Sumerians: Cuneifrom

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The development of agricultural techniques led to a more complex society that could trade with neighboring civilizations.

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Agricultural Techniques-Food Surplus-Division of Labor - Trade
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Rivers were important to the development of civilizations.
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Trade networks developed along rivers leading to more complex societies

Rivers were a source of food, such as fish to eat and animals to hunt

Rivers were essential for agriculture

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Hammurabi's Code
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Contained ideas still found in laws today

Specific crimes had specific penalities

Was written down for all to see

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Precilization hunter-gatherer community
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stone tools

art work

simple shelters

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Scribe in ancient Sumer belonged to one of the upper classes of society.
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Thier task was to record information on clay tablets
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Sumerian achievement or advancement
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invention of the wheel

cuneiform

ziggurat

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The irrigation techniques that help change early human communities
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dams and canals
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Techniques that lead to surplus food production
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irrigation

use of animals

water wheel

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Would get the blame from the people of Egypt if crops did not grow or if disease struck
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The Pharoah who was both a ruler and god
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Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and the name means "between the rivers"

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Mesopotamia
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Invention of tools
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Incresed the chances for survival for early humans
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Trade and the Phoenician alphabet
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The Phoenician alphabet spread along trade routes
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Judaism
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One of the first major monotheistic religions
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Sanskrit
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Languages used in Ancient India
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Reincarnation - rebirth

belief in many gods called Braham

Karma-cause and effect of nature

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Principles of Hinduism
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Based on the Four Noble Truths and Eightfold Path, founded by Siddhartha Gautama
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Buddhism
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Caste System
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The social order used in Ancient India which gave expression to Basic Hindu beliefs

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Mathematical Advancement in classical India
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concept of 0

Hindu-Arabic numerals

algebra

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Classical Indian Literature
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Famous for epics
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Trade along the Silk Road
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An example of diffusion
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