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Week One
Pre-History and Chapter One
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History
Undergraduate 1
09/03/2012

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Hominid
Definition
Near human hunter-gatherer from the Paleolithic Age.
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Paleolithic Age
Definition
7 million - 10,000 BC
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Australopithecus

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Hominids who used stones and pebbles to do work and lived in Africa.

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Homo habilis
Definition
First created their own tools to survive.
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Homo erectus
Definition
Lived with habilis around 50,000 years ago. They walked upright, made more complex tools, and used fire.
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How long ago were the humaniods found in Neander Valley in Germany?
Definition
100,000 year ago
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What significant contribution did the Neader peopel make?
Definition
They buried their dead which meant they believed in an afterlife and had memories.
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Homo sapien
Definition
Came from Africa 66,000 years ago. Unlike the humanoids, they had communication and advanced tools.
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Neolithic Period
Definition
8,000 - 4,000 BC
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What happened during the Neolithic Period?
Definition
During this period, the life of the nomadic hunter gatherer ended. The people learned how to grow their own food and then formed civilizations.
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What was the first civilization?
Definition
Mesopotamian city called Sumer
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What were other early river civilizations?
Definition
Egypt, Indus Valley, Yellow River and in Lima, Peru.
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What was the Rosetta Stone?
Definition
Found in 1799 and decoded by Jean-Francois Champollion in 1922, it contained two types of Egyptian and Greek. This discovery allowed historians to understand the previously unknown Egyptian.
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