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The period of time before writing.
What is prehistory?
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A nickname for the Neolithic Age.
What is New Stone Age.
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The first civilization arose in the Middle East, along the banks of the -
What were the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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The part of the Nile River was Egypt located if it was closest to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Lower Egypt?
100
The two most important cities for the Indus valley.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?
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Made up of about 30 members.
What is a band or clan?
200
Once farming and domestication were in place people could have other jobs that were -
What is specialization such as farming, hunting, iron working, metals.
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The most significant accomplishments of Hammurabi was the -
What is the codification of laws for his society?
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The writing style of Egyptians was similar to Mesopotamians with this analogy.
What is hieroglyphics as to cuneiform?
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These new inventions were the modern elements of the cities of the Indus Valley.
What are sewers and plumbing?
300
They discovered that doing this made the animal skin they wore softer.
What is pounded animal fat into the skin. The tanning of the hide.
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The idea of herding animals and taming the new animals.
What is domestication.
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This would be the nickname of the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is "Fertile Crescent"
300
This is both the religious and political leader in Egypt.
What is the pharaoh?
300
The Aryans invaded the Indus Valley and established this new societal ladder.
What is the caste system?
400
During the day the women were responsible for this.
What is gathering berries, nuts, fruits, and eggs. Taking care of children and food preparation.
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This happened as a result of the Neolithic Revolution. (Population)
What is the population grew a lot.
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The Egyptians had a pyramid, while the Mesopotamians built this huge architectural wonder.
What are ziggurats?
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Egyptians believed that there was life after death, therefore they would preserve their bodies by this method.
What is mummification?
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The Aryans divided people into classes by -
What is occupation?
500
People were able to move from Africa to Europe and Asia because glaciers created these.
What are land bridges.
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Two important discoveries brought on by the Neolithic Revolution.
What is growing food, and learning to herd animals. What is subsistence farming and domestication of animals?
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This literary work was about the King of Uruk and his conquests of the rivers.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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The organs and the body of a ruler were separated and placed in these two objects.
What are canopic jars and Sarcophagus?
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The powerful priestly class ruled from these impressive buildings.
What are citadels?