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Atmosphere: The mixture of gases that surround the earth
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Beringia: The land bridge between Asia and North America. It is now the Bering Strait
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Carbon Dating: A method of determining the age of something after it has died
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Civilizatioin: A group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture
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Covenant: An agreement
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Cuneiform: A form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
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Descendant: People who are born later into the same family
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Domesticate: to tame animals for human use
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Fertile: Rich as in soil
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Geography: The study of the relationship between the earth's physical features, climate and people
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Irrigation: a way of supplying water to an area of dry land
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Monotheism: The worship of only one God- The key principle of Judaism and Christianity
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Neolithic Revolution: New Life/Big Change (hunter-gatherers to farmers) The shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC
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Polytheism: The worship of many gods
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Prehistory: The long period of time before people developed a system of writing
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Region: An area of the earth with common physical features
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Scribe: A professional writer
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Society: An organized community with established rulees and traditions
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Ziggurat: A huge pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked rectangular platforms