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words and phrases about paleolithic and neolithic
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia | an empire built in between the tigress and upherades |
| Sumer | a type of city south of mesopotamia |
| city-state | an early city that acted like a small country |
| irrigation system | a way of supplying water |
| Sumerians | citizens of a Sumerian city-state |
| Levee | a wall to regulate water flow |
| culture | a characteristic of a civilisation |
| civilization | a culture marked with advances of the arts, government, science, and social structure |
| technology | the use of tools for practical purposes |
| status | importance |
| chariot | a two wheeled vehicle with 2 wheels and a horse |
| scribe | a person who writes |
| ziggurat | an ancient mesopotamian temple tower |
| arch | an upside down structure that supports weight. like a door. |
| cuneiform | writing that uses wedge shaped characters |
| pictograph | a symbol that stands for an object |
| section 2 | egypt |
| topography | physical features of land |
| vegetation | growth of plants |
| delta | an aera of setiment at the mouth of a river |
| fertilization | the act of adding fertiiser |
| papyrus | a paper made from reeds |
| nomad | a person who doesn't have a permanent home and travels from place to place. |
| environmental factors | a possiabillity determined by nature, mountains, valleys and rivers for an example |
| social classes | the way a society determines a persons importance |
| social pyramid | the importance of each job and person |
| Old Kingdom | time of engineering skills |
| Middle Kingdom | many monuments were built in this time |
| New Kingdom | peace and stability |
| pyramid | a triangular faced tomb for pharos |
| famine | an extreme food or water shortage |
| sarcophaugus | a mummys cofin |
| allaince | to join sides |
| vizier | an Egyptian government offical |
| artisan | a person who makes something |
| peasant | someone low on the social pyramid |
| embalm | to use chemicals to ferment a body |
| hieroglyph | Egyptian writing |
| census | to see how many people live in a city |
| climate | the average tempature |
| physical features | like a mountain river or valley |
| vegatation | something that grows like a plant |
| oaisis | a little pond in the middle of a desert |
| silt | a type of nutrient rich soil |
| tributary | a river system |
| maize | an ear of corn |
| mutton | sheep skins |
| millet | a grain or seeding grass |
| human sacrifice | killing someone to serve someone in the after life |
| clan | a family in ruling order |
| ancestor worship | |
| logograph | |
| economy | |
| yin | one half of the daoist concept of opposing forces of nature |
| yang | opposite of yin |
| civil servant | a person who works for the goverment |
| feudalism | a government system based on land owners and tenants |
| mandate of heaven | the power or lay said to be sent by a god |
| legalium | a Chinese philosophy that emphasis strict laws |
| daoism | the Chinese philosophy that emphasis living harmony with nature |
| confucianism | the Chinese philosophy that emphasis proper behavior |
| caravan | |
| compas | |
| standardize | |
| seismograph | |
| toga | a loose robe that romans wore |
| anesthetic | |
| mirage | |
| immortal |
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