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Anthropologist
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scientist who studies human development and culture
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Paleoanthropologist
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scientist who studies earliest hominids
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biped
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two footed animal
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5 Groups of Hominids
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Australopithecus Afarensis
Homo Hablis Homo Erectus HomoSap.Neanderthalensis Homo sapien sapiens |
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Australopithecus Afarensis
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Short 3' tall
first to walk on two feet 4 million BC 1/3 size brain |
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Homo Hablis
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Handy Man
first sign of tools 2 million BCE Biped 2/3 size brain short 4' tall lived in groups of 10-15 |
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Homo Erectus
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Upright man
first to stand up straight 1.8 million to 200,000 BCE First to migrate Jaw and eyebrows stuck out first to discover fire(cook/warm) ate more meat than earlier mn lived longer due to fire 5-1/2 feet tall |
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HomoSap.Neanderthalensis
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Neanderthals
230,000 to 30,000 years ago 5-1/2 feet tall stronger than us larger brain/smaller than ours created many tools lived in communities cared for each other hunted,traveled lived in groups |
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Homo sapien sapiens
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early modern humans
first to migrate to the Americas very skilled with tools first cave artists first man to express feelings |
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Migrate
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move from one geographic location to another
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Empire
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large territory where groupd of people are ruled by a powerful leader or government
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4 Empires of Mesopotamia
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Akkadian Empire
Babylonian Empire Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire |
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Akkadian Empire
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Northern Mesopotamia
King Sargon-military strategies first empire Capital - Agade Tributes - $ collectd from conquered to show superiority |
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Babylonian
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King Hammurabi
Babylon: starts as city/state First postal service/ roads food and irrigation systems code of laws - preserve order Trade grain,cloth, gold,silver, gems.livestock Slaves and women had rights |
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Assyrian Empire
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warlike
north of Babylon long time mesopotamians new weapons /war strategies siege to blockage/ forced surr sieged many cities first to use battering rams Nineveh - capital aquaduct- water from distance bas reliefs - 2D sculptures |
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Neo-Babylonian Empire
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Babylonians regained control
King Nubuchadrezzer II protective of Babylon - capital built inner and outer city walls built moats, towers,ziggurat first astronomers / math skill first sun dial to tell time Conq by Cyrus/Persion Empire |
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Aqueduct
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pipe or channel that brings water from a distance
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bas-relief
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2 D sculpture
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Arch
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U or V shpe structure that supports weight above it, as in a doorway
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Cuneiform
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writing that uses wedge shaped characters
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Pictograph
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symbol that stand for an object
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ziggurat
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ancient Mesopotamian temple tower
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chariot
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two wheeled vehicle pulled by horse
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scribe
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person who writes
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status
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importance in social structure upper class/common class/ slaves
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social structure
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the way a civilization is structured
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technology
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use of tools and inventions for practical purposes
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levee
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wall of earth to prevent a river from flooding the banks
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irrigation system
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means of supplying land with water
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Mesopotamia
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modern day Iraq
means "land between rivers" Tigris River / Euphrates River |
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Trade
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buying,selling,exchanging items
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ore
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mineral mined for its valuable uses
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domesticate
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train a wild animal to be useful to humans
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agriculture
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the business of farming
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Stone Age
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got it name from tools people made from stone
3000 BCE |
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Paleolithic Age
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Old Stone Age
hunting and gathering lived out in the open didnt stay in one place for long |
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Neolithic Age
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New Stone Age
first time people settled doen in one place shift from hunter/gatherer to farmer |
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ritual
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relating to ceremony / religious
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prehistoric
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before written history
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artifact
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an object made or used by people in the past
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3 Experts who study the past
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archeologists
historians geographers |
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archeologists
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study objects left behind
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historians
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recorders of the past
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geographers
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study natural features of the earth, often create maps
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