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Chapter 1 History

Prehistory

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history the written and other recorded events of people
nomad people with no settled home
surplus more than what is needed
prehistory time before writing was invented
fertile rich in substances that plants need to grow
artisan a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand
archaeologist scientists who examine objects to learn about past peoples and cultures
domesticate adapt wild plants or animals for human use
civilization society that has cities, a central government run by officials, leader, and workers who socialize in various jobs
oral tradition the spoken relation and preservation from one generation to the next of a peoples cultural history and ancestry often by a storyteller in narrative form
irrigation supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals
social class a group of people having similar backgrounds incomes and ways of living
Stone Age a period of time during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of human culture
geography the study of Earths surface and the processes that shape it
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