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Paleolithic
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Old Stone Age people; hunters and gatherers
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Neolithic
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Invention of agriculture; created the first civilizations; Sumerians and Mesopotamians and Egyptians; writing was developed
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Civilization
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A form of human culture marked by urbanism, metallurgy and writing.
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The significance of Sumer
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First advanced civilazation; developed laws, class structures, communication advances; created cuneiform writing; developed mathmatics;
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The significance of Mesopotamia
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Urban centers. architecure, socities, writing; Hammurabi Code - collection of laws that divided socities into classes;worshipped gods in human form; slavery
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significance of rivers to the development of civilization
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help fertilize soil; provide protection; help with technological advances.
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The rise of city states
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In China: 1. Expansion of population and agriculture. 2. rise of commerce (roads and trade). 3. Devlopment of new Army - calvary with crossbows. ALSO - Gov't changed - Lords called themselves Kings, nobility diminished
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