An early person who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food.
hunter-gatherer
A preserved, wrapped body.
Mummy
Work for the government.
Civil Service
The study of the stars and planets.
A ruler.
Raja
A period in history when everything was made from stone or wood.
Old Stone Age
An enormous stone tomb.
Pyramid
Rich, yellow soil.
Loess
A group of different lands under one ruler.
Empire
A trade good brought into a country.
Import
Agriculture
Literally means "great house" or palace, but came to mean "ruler".
Pharaoh
A military leader who has his own army.
Warlord
The bringing of water to dry fields by canals or pipes.
Irrigation
A skilled worker, farmer, or merchant.
Artisan
The surroundings of an area.
Environment
A ruling family.
Dynasty
A simple picture to stand for objects and ideals.
Pictograph
A written collection of laws.
Code
A god or goddess.
Deity
Any tool used to complete a task.
Technology
Pictures or symbols that represent ideas, sounds, or objects.
Hieroglyphics
A special priest who some people believe can tell the future using animal bones , or "dragon bones", and turtle shells.
Oracle
The belief in only one god.
Monotheism
The belief that the soul survives death to be born into a new body.
Reincarnation