| A | B |
|---|
| Neolithic Revolution | people settled down, started farming, towns begin to develop |
| Paleolithic Era | Old Stone Age - people were nomadic hunters, used stone tools |
| anthropologists | they study bones/remains of humans |
| archaeologists | they study artifacts, buildings, tools of ancient man |
| artifacts | objects dating back to the Stone Age, tools, weapons |
| calligraphy | a form of writing |
| cuneiform | an early form of writing in Sumeria/Mesopotamia |
| hieroglyphics | an early form of writing in Ancient Egypt |
| oracle bones | an early form of writing in Ancient China |
| pharoah | a ruler/king in Ancient Egypt |
| pyramid | burial tombs for Egyptian pharoahs |
| radiocarbon dating | a way of determing how old something is |
| civilization | an advanced form of human culture, societies, laws, writing |
| Code of Hammurabi | world's first law code |
| Mohenjo-Daro & Harappa | early Indian civilizations, planned cities - also had running water & sewer systems |
| Huang He [Yellow River] | center of early Chinese civilization |
| Shang Dynasty | early Chinese dynasty 1700 BCE - made silk, developed a calendar, writing system |
| Hebrews | developed the first monotheistic religion, claimed Jerusalem as historical/religious capital |
| 10 Commandments | a moral code of laws given to Moses by God |
| Phoenicians | Mediterranean traders - helped give us our alphabet |
