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World History
Chapter 1
26 cards·by bped54
artifacts
human made objects, such as tools and jewelry
culture
a peoplel's unique way of life
hominids
Humans and other creatures that walk upright
Paleolithic Age
Old Stone Age, Old stone chipping tools
Neolithic Age
New Stone Age, polish new tools, pottery, crops, raise animals
technology
ways of applying knowledge to make life easier
Homo Sapiens
species name for modern humans
Cro Magnan
Prehistoric humans identical to modern humans
Cave paintings
life is easier so I have time to paint
Neolithic Revolution
Beginnings of farming
slash-and-burn farming
cut trees/ grasses and burned to create a field
domestication
taming of animals
characteristics of Civilization
AC,SW,CI,RK,IT
Bronze Age
a time when people started using bronze
Ur
one of the earliest cities in Sumer
barter
trading goods and services without money
ziggurat
pyramid-shaped monument
Fertile Crescent
fertile land between two rivers in SW Asia
Mesopotamia
land between the rivers
city-state
city and area around it, kinda like a country
dynasty
series of rulers from a single family
cultural diffusion
when a new idea or products spread from one culture another
polytheism
belief in more than one god
empire
when small states come together under one ruler
Hammurabi
Main ruler of Babylon
Hammurabi's Code
rules/laws that Hamm wrote