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civilization

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in anthropology, a type of society marked by the presence of cities, social classes, and the state

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Bronze Age

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in the Old World, the period marked by the production of tools and ornaments of bronze; began about 5,000 years ago in China and Southwest Asia and about 500 years earlier in Southeast Asia

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grave goods

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items such as utensils, figurines, and personal possessions, symbolically placed in the grave for the deceased person’s use in the afterlife

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hydraulic theory

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the theory that explains civilization’s emergence as the result of the construction of elaborate irrigation systems, the functioning of which required full-time managers whose control blossomed into the first governing body and elite social class

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action theory

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the theory that self-serving actions by forceful leaders play a role in civilization’s emergence