Early Civilizations Vocabulary

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Band

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Groups of related families brought together for a common purpose.

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tundra

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large, treeless, plains in the arctic region

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culture

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is a way of life

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artifacts

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objects that people make

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society

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is an organized goup of people living and working under an established set of rules and traditions

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nomads

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early people who took care of livestock

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maize

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an early type of corn

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subsist

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a way to survive such as farming

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ziggurat

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a large mud-brick temple

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city-state

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a small independent village