World History--Civilizations

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the prehistoric time period during which rock was widely used for making implements

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Stone Age

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the time period characterized by the first uses of metal, early writing systems, and other early features of urban civilization

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Bronze Age

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the period of transition from the Paleolithic diet to a diet of cultivated foods

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Agricultural Revolution

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one of the first civilizations, as evidenced by the existence of writing

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Sumer

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the term for Sumer's self-governing urban centers

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City-states

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the name of the king of Uruk who is also the main character in what is considered the first great work of literature

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Gilgamesh

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the pharaoh who unified Upper and Lower Egypt

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Pharaoh Menes

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the pharaoh who commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza

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Khufu

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the Egyptian prince who is credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt

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Moses

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the king who made the oldest known declaration of human rights

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King Cyrus the Great