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| Nile River | the longest river in the world, flowing through eastern Africa to a delta in Egypt |
| Fertile Crescent | an arc shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil |
| archaeologist | an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind |
| historian | an expert who studies and records the past |
| geographer | an expert who studies and creates mapsof Earth's natural and human-made features |
| artifact | an object made or used by people in the past |
| prehistoric | before written history |
| ritual | relating to a ceremony, such as a religious ceremony |
| researcher | someone who searches for information on a particular subject |
| geometric | having a form composed of one or a number of simple shapes, such as triangles, squares, or circles |
| texture | the characteristics of an object's surface that can be identified by feeling or viewing it |
| Lascaux | discovered cave paintings here |
| environment | all of the physical surroundings in a place, includes land, water, climate and living things |
| features | an important part or characteristic of something |
