Ancient WH
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- archaeologists
- specially trained scientists who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples.
- artifacts
- human-made objects, such as tools and jewelry.
- culture
- people's unique way of life.
- paleontologist
- studies fossils.
- hominids
- humans and other creatures that walk upright.
- Paleolithhic Age
- earlier and longer part of the Stone Age. (Also called the "Old Stone Age"
- Neolithic Age
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the later part of the Stone Age...people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals during this time.
(Also called the "New Stone Age") - technology
- ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet needs.
- Homo sapiens
- means "wise men". This is the species name for modern humans.
- Nomads
- highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching, for new sources of food.
- hunter-gatherers
- nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
- Neolithic Revolution
- agricultural revolution...far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming.
- slash-and-burn farming
- trees and grasses were cut and burned to clear a field.
- domestication
- taming of animals
- Shrines
- places where sacred relics are kept.
- civilization
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complex culture with 5 characteristics
1)advanced cities
2) specialized workers
3) complex institutions
4) record keeping
5) advanced technology - specialization
- the development of skills in a specific kind of work.
- artisans
- skilled workers who make goods by hand.
- institution
- a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community (examples: government, education, etc...)
- scribes
- professional record keepers
- cuneiform
- wedge-shaped writing.
- Bronze Age
- the time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone, to make tools and weapons.
- barter
- trading goods and services without using money.
- ziggurat
- means "mountain of god"...a large pyramid-shaped monument in the center of an ancient city.