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1st Civs - bvick.wh

Chapter 1 Vocabulary - First Civilizations

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Historians are people who study and write about human past
Archaeologists hunt for evidence buried in the ground
Artifacts weapons tools and other things made by humans
Fossils traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
Anthropologists study how humans developed and how they related to one another
Nomads people who regularly move from place to place
Technology tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Domesticate tame animals and plants for human use
Specialization the development of different kinds of jobs
Civilizations complex cities
Irrigation method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
City-state independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
Artisan skilled worker who made metal products cloth or pottery
Cuneiform Sumer writing system
Scribes record keepers
Empire group of many different lands under one ruler
Provinces political districts
Caravan groups of traveling merchants
Astronomer people who study the heavenly bodies
Sargon world's 1st known emperor
Hammurabi known for the 1st law code
Nebuchadnezzar Emperor of Chaldean Empire; built the Hanging Gardens
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