Chapter 1 - The First Civilizations
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| historian | a person who studies and writes about the human past
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| archeologist | a scientist who digs up clues about the past
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| artifact | a weapon, tool, or other item made by humans
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| fossil | traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
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| anthropologist | a scientist who studies how humans and their societies develop
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| nomad | a person who regularly moves from place to place
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| technology | tools and methods that help humans perform tasks
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| domesticate | to tame plants or animals for human use
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| specialization | a practice in which different people focus on different jobs
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| civilization | complex societies
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| irrigation | man-made way of watering crops
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| city-state | city and its surrounding lands
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| artisan | skilled worker
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| cuneiform | ancient Sumerian form of writing
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| scribe | record keeper
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| empire | group of lands under one ruler
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| province | political district
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| caravan | group of traveling merchants
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| astronomer | person who studies heavenly bodies
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