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Neo/Paleo ERVC
Global
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prehistory | the period of time before written record |
| Paleolithic Age | Old stone age |
| Nomad | moving from place to place with no permanent home |
| Neolithic Revolution | The development of agriculture and the domestication of animals as a food source. This lead to the development of permanent settlements and the start of civilization |
| Systematic agriculture | the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basi |
| civilization | complex cultures which share similar characteristics : cities, a central government, job specialization, complex religions and social classe |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess, more than what is needed or expected |
| scribe | a professional writer or record keeper |
| Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers" |
| hierarchy | a group organized by rank |
| Hammurabi's Code | a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire |
| domesticate | to tame, to bring plants or animals under human control |
| Fertile Crescent | an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began |
| Artisan | A skilled craftsperson |
| Huang He | "Yellow River", site of China's earliest civilization (Shang Dynasty) |
| Harappa and Mo-henjo-Daro | Two cities in the Indus River Valley, Well planned and laid out in grid pattern |
| Africa | Continent where earliest human fossils were found |
| Mandate of Heaven | the belief that the Chinese king's right to rule came from the gods |
| dynastic cycle | rise and fall of Chinese dynasties according to the Mandate of Heaven |
| Himalaya Mountains | Tallest mountain range in the world;helped isolate China from the rest of Asia |
| Taklimakan Desert | Located in western China; helped isolate China from the rest of Asia |
| Asia loess | fine silt deposited by wind and water. It constitutes the fertile soil of the Yellow River Valley in northern China |
| theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders |
| shaduf | a bucket on a lever used to lift water from a canal |
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