Early Civilizations

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  1. 5. scribes
  2. 6. script, form of writing based on the use of symbols, including cuneiform and hiero-glyphs
  3. 8. wedge shaped impressions on clay tablet
  4. 9. monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt used as burial sites for pharaohs
  5. 10. ancient Egyptians and Mayans
  6. 11. diffusion, the spread of one culture’s practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools.
  7. 13. the use of man made objects such as dams or canals to allow water for agriculture
  8. 15. Revolution, prehistorical shift in human activity from hunting and gathering to agriculture resulting in human settlements
  9. 16. a series of rulers from a single family
  10. 17. a complex system of writing that used both pictures and more abstract forms, used by
  11. 18. belief in multiple gods
  12. 19. the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  13. 21. dividing time into historical eras for purposes of analysis
  14. 25. growing food
  15. 27. someone who studies human life and culture based on artifacts and human fossils
  16. 29. having more than needed, especially when it comes to food.
  17. 31. or patriotic reasons.
  18. 32. a group of people living in an ordered community together for religious, cultural, scientific,
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  1. 1. to search for food or supplies
  2. 2. Someone who digs up and examines artifacts to study past societies
  3. 3. the taming of wild animals to use as help in agriculture or developing seeds/plants to
  4. 4. of labor, separation of tasks needed to be done in a society. Example, farmers, artists,
  5. 7. Crescent, A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle
  6. 12. an independent political unit made up of a city and surrounding land
  7. 14. a massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of
  8. 20. a society characterized by established cities, specialized labor, complex institutions, written records, and advanced technology
  9. 22. a long-standing custom, practice, or tradition adopted by a group of people
  10. 23. “wedge shaped” a system of writing developed by the Sumerians using a reed stylus to
  11. 24. a person living in a society where most or all food is hunted or foraged.
  12. 26. on farms.
  13. 28. nomad, a person who domesticated animals for food and clothing and moves along regular migratory routes to provide a steady source of food for those animals.
  14. 30. a political unit where large numbers of people and areas of land are controlled by one ruler