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- social class
- a group, or class, that is made up of people with similar backgrounds, wealth, and ways of living
- archaeologist
- a scientist who examines bones, tools, structures, and other objects to learn about past people and cultures
- irrigation
- supplying land with water through a network of canals
- nomad
- a person who has no single, settled home
- prehistory
- before history; the events in the period of time before writing was invented
- surplus
- more of a thing or product than is needed
- artisan
- a worker who is especially skilled in making something, such as baskets, leather goods, tools, jewelry, pottery, or clothes
- history
- the written and other recorded events of people
- civiliation
- a society with cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in certain jobs, leading to social classes
- domesticate
- to tame animals and raise them to be used by humans
- fertile
- land or soil that contains substances plants need in order to grow
- oral tradition
- stories passed down through generations by word of mouth