HISTORY VOCAB

3. the study of ancient and recent human past through material remains
6. a boomerang-shaped region in the Middle East with fertile land where early civilizations developed
7. the period of time before anything was written
11. a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. located in the region of ancient Mesopotamia
12. the transformation of human society, humans started farming
13. a prehistoric megalithic monument consisting of a large circle of standing stones
15. arrange rules or laws into a systematic code
16. a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
19. the later part of the stone age
20. a man-made object, typically of historical or cultural interest

1. wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit
2. modern humans
4. nomads in the Paleolithic time period
5. the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
8. the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced.
9. a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase, also the earliest known form of writing
10. to tame an animal and keep it as a pet or produce
14. the early phase of the Stone Age
17. a member of people that have no permanent abode
18. a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.