Mesopotamia

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Semetic

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An adjective used to describe a group of who’s language has the same root

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Stele

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A monuments in style small or large that contained writing or pictures to comemorate or record something

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Bronze-Age

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Roughly from 3000-1200BCE when stone was replaced by bronze ore

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Artisan

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Someone who specializes crafting an object from raw materials

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Civilization

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When human society has advanced to share elements of government, architecture, government, etc. (ities, governments, religions, writing, arts, and social structure)

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Paleolithic Era

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The early part of the stone age when early human beings made chipped stone tools
(2,500,000BCE-10,000BCE)
Greek for old stone

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Artifacts

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Tools, pottery, paintings, weapons, buildings, and household items left behind by early peoples

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Neolithic Revolution

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The latest period of the stone age charactersised by the development of systematic agriculture and the use of polished stone tools and weapons

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Ziggurat

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A temple in Mesopotamia with a distinctive stepped shape and stored commodities given as offerings
People lived and worked there

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Votive Statutes

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Small devontial statues Sumerians left in Ziggurat to appease Gods

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Systematic Agricultural

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The keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis

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Usurp

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To take over a position without legal right

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Mesolithic Age

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The middle age/period of the stone age, between paleolithic and neolithic
(10,000BCE-8000BCE)

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Irrigation

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Supplying water to agriculutural land by artificial means

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Surplus

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Food/goods produced that are not needed for survival and are available to barter/sell
This leads to specialization which leads to a barter economy

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Theocracy

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A government under control of religious leaders

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Bas-relief

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Sculpture in which the carving projects slightly from background

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Empire

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Several lands joined together under one ruler called and emperor

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Anthropology

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The study of human life and culture

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Scribe

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Someone who writes

Usually a revered position in ancient society

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Royal Standard of Ur

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An artifact fromt he Royal Graves of Ur

Contained pictures useful to scholars

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Fossils

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A remnant of an organism from a past geologic era that was preserved in the crust

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Polytheism

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The worship of many Gods

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Radiocarbon Dating

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A method of dating organic remains based off their content of c-14 (Carbon 14 isotope)

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Hominid

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Humans and other human like creatures that can/could walk upright

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Australopithecus

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The earliest human like creature that lived in Europe and Southern Africa 3 to 4 million years ago

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Prehistory

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The time before writing was developed

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Monarch

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A ruler who is king or queen

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Hegemony

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Dominance or control | When a powerful country has influence over aregion

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Gilgamesh

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An epic story of King Gilgamesh who searched for immortality | A Sumerian legend believed to be the first story

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Dynasty

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When rule of a country or empire passes down throught a family from one generation to another

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Deify

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To make someone a God

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Cylinder Seals

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Small decorated cylinder rolled onto damp clay to leave an impression to seal a deal Equivalent to a signature

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Cuneiform

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Wedge shaped writing, "first writing" done with a stylus on a damp clay tablet preserved by the sun

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Epic

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Poems/stories that tell deed of great heroes

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Archeaology

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The study of past societes through an analysis of what they left behind

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Homo sapiens sapiens

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Wise, wise humans Appeared in africa 150,000-200,000 years ago The first anatomically modern humans

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Out of Africa Theory

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Also called "replacement" theory Theory refers to when Homo sapiens sapiens appeared and began spreading out of Africa About 100,000 years ago They eventually replaced eralier hominid populations in Europe and Asia

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City State

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A city and possibly the surrounding agricultural area that is also an independent political unit

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Iron Age

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After 1,000BCE when iron in tools and weapons became common

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Domestication

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The adaptation for human use (usually of animals)

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Lucy

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Homo erectus, anatomically similar, hominid, australopithecus