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- 1PrehistoryTime before written history
- 2Hunter-gathererA member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering plants for food
- 3NomadThose without permanent settlement who move constantly in search of food
- 4HominidHuman and human-like creatures that preceded them
- 5Domesticationtaming animals for human use
- 6AgricultureFarming
- 7Technologyequipment that is advanced for scientific matters
- 8MetallurgyProperties of metal and there production and purification
- 9BarterExchange in goods or services for other goods or services without using money
- 10City-stateA city that with it's surrounding territory, forms and independent state
- 11CivilizationThe society, culture, and away of life of a particular area
- 12CuneiformSystems of writing distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, written on with reeds
- 13Fertile CrescentCrescent-shaped region containing fertile and moist land
- 14Hammurabi6 th Babylonian King- from 1750bc to 1792bc
- 15IrrigationWatering of the land to make it ready for agriculture
- 16MonotheisitcBelief in one god
- 17PolytheisticBelief in many gods
- 18ZigguratsRectangular stepped tower surmounted by a temple
- 19sundried mudbricksBrick made out of a mixture of loam, mud, sand and water mixed with a material such a straw or rice musks- the dry in around 90 days
- 20TextilesType of cloth or woven fabric
- 21The book of the deadA book the Egyptians wrote and kept for the dead to be in
- 22Canopic JarsUsed by the Egyptians during mummification process to store and preserve the viscera of the owner for the afterlife- made out of limestone or clay
- 23Lapis Lazulibright blue rock used for jewelry and pottery
- 24HieroglyphicsWriting system used by Egyptians- alphabetical elements- used cursive for religious literature on papyrus and wood
- 25LimestoneHard rock, used as a building material., like cement
- 26MastabaAncient tomb, in an underground burial chamber with rooms above it, (at ground level) in which to store offerings
- 27MummificationProcess in which skin and flesh- can be preserved
- 28NatronA mineral salt found in lake beds
- 29PharaohA ruler of ancient Egypt that was half god and half human
- 30PyramidA structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet on a point at the top; built out of stone and sundried mud bricks
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