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27 Cards in this Set
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A complex culture
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Civilization
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Way of life for a group of people
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Culture
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The study or the science of the production, distribution and comsumption of goods and services
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Economics
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A change from a nomadic hunter-gatherer culture to a settled farming culture
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Neolithic Revolution
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A tentative answer
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Hypothesis
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Finding 2 sources that are from different frames of reference and comparing them to determine what they agree on
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Corroboration
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A period of 100 years
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Century
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"Land between the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers)
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Mesopotamia
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A system of ranking based on their impotance to society
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Hierarchy
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The ability to move up and down the social ladder
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Social Mobility
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When a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another
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Cultural Diffussion
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A sovereign city with its own government
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City-state
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The belief in more than one god
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Polytheism
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Form of government based on hereditary rule
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Monarchy
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Type of government in which rule is based on religious authority
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Theocracy
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A large body of land off of the Eurasian Continent
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Subcontinent
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1) B.C.E. 2) C.E.
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1) Before the Common Era 2) Common Era
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Before 4000 B.C.E.
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Prehistoric
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After 4000 B.C.E.
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Historic
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What marks year 1 on the America calendar?
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The birth of Jesus
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Idea of or belief in
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-ism
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Characteristics of
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-istic
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One who believes or has the idea
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-ist
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Time frame for the Ancient History
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Starts when we first have written records to th end of the Roman Empire
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4000 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.
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Ancient History
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500 C.E. - 1500 C.E.
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Middle Ages
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1500 C.E. - Present
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Modern
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