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subsistence farming
raising just enough food crops for survival.
agricultural revolution
where things are done to help farmers produce more crops for less money.
nomads
people who wander from place to place.
domestication
taming of animals, such as cattle, goats, sheep and pigs.
agriculture
raising of crops or food; farming.
division of labor
characteristic of civilization in which different people perform different jobs.
hunter-gatherers
early people who lived by hunting animals or gathering plants for food.
artisans
skilled workers.
Bronze Age
the time period where bronze tools were being produced.
hieroglyphics
form of ancient writing maded by the Nile River Valley people.
papyrus
kind of paper made by egyptians from a plant stem.
polytheism
belief in many gods
monotheism
belief in only one god
Rosetta Stone
the first clue to decodeing hieroglyphics, black basalt stone found in 1799 with inscriptions on it.
dynasty
family of rulers whose right to rule is hereditary.
cuneiform
Sumerian writing made by pressing wedges into clay tablets.
ziggurats
Sumerian temples made of sun-dried brick.
alphabet
a system where symbols represent sounds.
money economy
economic system based of the use of money as a measure of value and a unit of account.
monsoons
winds that mark the seasons in India.
caste system
complex form of social organization.
Hellenistic culture
"greek-like" way of life.
loess
fertile, yellow soil.
dikes
walls built along sides of river to prevent floods.
bureaucracy
government organized into different levels and tasks.
animism
belief that spirits inhabit everything.
Confucianism
teachings by Confucius that told about the importance of family, respect for one's elders, and reverence for the past abd one's ancestors.
Daoism
philosophy where people where to withdraw from the world and contemplate with nature.
agora
marketplace in a city-state in Greece.
democracy
government in which citizens take part.
phalanx
military formation composed of rows of soliders standing side by side.
patricians
powerful landowners who controlled Roman government and society.
plebians
farmers and workers who made up most of Roman population.
legionnaires
Roman soldier helments made with bronze or iron.
equites
class of business people and land owners in ancient Rome who had wealth and power.

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