Social Studies Part 3

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Paleolithic Period

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first use of the stone tools. Existed by hunting and scavenging animals, as well as gathering plants. They are referred to as hunter gatherers, since their primary subsistence derived from foraging and hunting edible plants and animals.

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Neolothic period

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sometimes called the New Stone Age. The origin of this period in humanity is defined by the use of farming. The rise in farming created the necessity for permanent settlements, such as villages or tribes. Introduced the first use of pottery and dependence on domesticated animals

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fertile crescent

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transition from collecting food to producing food. A crescent-shaped area that was part of a massive swath of rich farmland that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Egypt and the Middle East

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invented a writing system called cuneiform.

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Code of Hammurabi

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lists nearly 300 laws with corresponding punishments for each offense

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Egyptian history is divided into 3 periods.

Old Kingdom

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political system of the Pharaohs developed. Pharaohs were the absolute power in Egypt.

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Middle Kingdom

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Massive crop failures, political power struggles, and foreign invasions battered the Egyptian people.

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New Kingdom

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an era of resurgence. Egyptians constructed massive bombs for the burial of their pharaohs in an area called Valley of the Kings

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Hieroglyphics

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Egyptians developed a writing system that used pictures and symbols to present concepts and sounds.

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Rosetta Stone

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an Egyptian artifact helped provide translations of the hieroglyphics for modern understanding of the symbols.