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| human made objects such as tools and jewlery |
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| old stone age, when people discovered fire, made a language, and invented tools |
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| new stone age, when people began to grow crops, raise animals, etc. |
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| applying tools, ideas, to fit people's needs |
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| modern man, means wise men |
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| highly mobile people who scavenged for food from place to place |
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| people who's food supply depends on hunting animals and gathering fruits, etc. |
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| farming revoulution that took place about 10,000 yrs ago. |
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| method of farming where people burned and cut down all the plants, planted crops, and moved to the next field |
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| complex culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology |
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| development of skills in a certain field of work |
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| skilled workers that made goods by hand |
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| a long lasting pattern of organization in a civilization |
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| professional record keepers |
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| type of writing used by sumerians. cuneiform means "wedged shaped" |
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| time when people began to use bronze rather than copper and stone |
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| way of trading goods and services without money |
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| pyramid shaped mountain that was center of life in Ur. Means 'mountain of god". |
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