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What were things Homo erectus used?
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Homo Erectus used fire, standardized tools
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Where did Homo Erectus emerge?
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Homo Erectus emerged 1.8 my ago in Africa, migrated to Near East, Asia, Europe (both from Near East and, most likely, from Northwest Africa)
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Where did Neanderthal Man inhabit?
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Neanderthal Man inhabited parts of Europe, Asia, Africa
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Neanderthal Man used what?
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Neanderthal Man used fire, wore fur, made stone-tipped spears, lived in caves, stone shelters
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When did Homo Sapiens develope?
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Homo Sapiens developed about 150,000 years ago
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When did Cro-Magnon Man appeared?
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Cro-Magnon man appeared at least 40,000 years ago
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Palaeolithic Cultures did what things to make their lives better?
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Used eoliths, made stone tools, standardized procedures for making implements such as hand ax, Hunted, fished, collected fruits, nuts, berries
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What was the first culture to have art?
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Late Palaeolithic Cultures
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What kind of communities did people live in during the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period?
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Neolithic (New Stone Age) people lived in farming villages
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What is the best example of a Neolithic village?
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Çatal Hüyük (Turkey) is best-preserved example of a Neolithic village
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What are some of the things pre-literate fammilies did to make living easier?
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Groups of clans formed tribe with common speech, culture, land
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What were some acts that might be considered punishable by death in a pre-literate society?
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Treason, witchcraft, incest, acts considered dangerous to the community might be punished by death
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Where is the furtal cresent located?
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MESOPOTAMIA is where the furtile cresent is located
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MESOPOTAMIA contains what two rivers?
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MESOPOTAMIA contains the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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What marked the begining of the bronze age?
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Civilization in Sumer marked beginning of Bronze Age
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Who took Babylon?
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Hittites (Indo-Europeans) took Babylon
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Who was the first woman Pharaoh?
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Hatshepsut first woman ruler of Egypt
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What are the names of the great pyrimds of Giza?
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Great pyramids of Giza are Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure
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When were the Hittites around?
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THE HITTITES were around in 2000-1200 BCE
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Who were the Hittites?
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Indo-European-speaking group with superior iron-based military technology and chariots
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The Phoenicians lived where?
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The Phoenicians Lived in present-day Lebanon as traders, shipbuilders, explorers, colonizers
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What kind of goods did the Phoenicians sell?
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The Phoenicians sold purple dyed woolen cloth, furniture crafted from cedars of Lebanon, metalware, glassware, jewelry, Egyptian papyrus rolls
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Where was the Assyrian Empire located?
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The Assyrian Empire was located in western asia
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What caused the downfall of the Assyrian empire?
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Oppressed peoples overthrew the Assyrians
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Who invented coined money?
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The Lydians invented coined money; king Croesus symbolized wealth
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