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Question | Answer |
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Fossil | The trace or imprint of plant or animal that has been preserved in rock |
nomad | person who regular moves from place to place |
archeologist | scientist who leans about past human life by stodging fossils and artifacts |
cuneiform | Sumerian writing |
irrigation | a way to water fields using dames and water ways |
artifact | weapons, tools, and other things made by humans |
anthropologist | scientist who focus on human society |
Mesopotamia | land between rivers |
city-sate | has it's own government and is not part of any lager unit |
civilization | complex societies |
what do historians call the early period of human history | stone age |
what was the paleolithic age and what did people use (tame) to help them survive | fire |
what technology was the most important one used by the paleolithic people | tools |
what revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic age | farming |
name two well-know Neolithic communities | Jericho, Catal Huyuk |
where did the earliest civilizations arise? Why are these locations chosen? | by water. Because they needed the water for their crops and so they could fish and trade |
what were ziggiurats | A temple use for worship |
sumerians that were skilled making metal, cloth, and pottery products were know as what? | scribes |
what was Hammurabi best know? | for his law code |