Neolithic
Relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.
agriculture
the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Hunter-gatherer
a member of a nomadic people living chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
Millennium
denoting or relating to a period of a thousand years.
era
a long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic
Tigris-Euphrates
refers to the Tigris-Euphrates River System, a major river system in Southwest Asia that flows through modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
Domestication
long-term, evolutionary process beginning around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, in which wild plants and animals were genetically adapted for human use through selective breeding
hominid
a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.
chronology
it can refer to the science of ordering time and events, or it can refer to the arrangement of events in the order they happened.
Mesopotamia
“land between the rivers”
Mesolithic
the “Middle Stone Age
excavate
to remove or find by digging
Timeline
a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line
Silt
fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor
Irrigation
the process of artificially watering land and crops, rather than relying on rainfall alone.
Century
a period of 100 years or 10 decades
Paleolithic
Old Stone Age
Civilization
an advanced and organized society of people, usually living in cities or large groups, with shared culture, laws, government, and complex institutions.
Tributaries
a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake
Decade
a decade means a period of ten years
Revolution
a fundamental, and often sudden, change in how a society is organized, which can be a complete overthrow of a government and its replacement by a new one.
Society
a large group of people who live together in a shared place or territory, follow common laws and traditions, interact with one another, and share a distinctive culture and institutions
sedentary
a lifestyle of living in one place year-round, contrasting with nomadic lifestyles, and describes societies that have established permanent settlements due to practices like agriculture.
