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Vocabulary

TermDefinition
prehistory long period of time before people invented systems of writing
archeologist scientists who find and study remains(artifacts) left by early people
artifact something made by humans -like tools, pottery
anthropology study of human and their societies
technology skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs
historian a person who studies how people lived in the past
geography study of people, their environments and resources available to them
latitude measures distance north or south
longitude measures distance east and west
nomad people who move from place to place - follow their food sources
glacier thick sheets of ice
bureaucracy system of managing governments, in which state officials make decisions rather then elected representatives
polytheistic to believe in many gods
artisan skilled craft workers - metal working(jewelry), pottery
pictogram simple drawings to show the words(stories) they represented
scribe specially trained people who learned to read and write
city-state a political unit that included a city and the surrounding lands and villages
empire group of state or territories controlled by one ruler
steppe dry grasslands where nomadic herders fed their livestock
cultural diffusion the spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one group of people to another
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