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The Neolithic Age New Stone Age, agriculture appeared The Paleolithic Age Old Stone Age, hunter gatherer system nomads highly mobile people who moved from place to place in search of food The Neolitihic Revolution agricultural revolution domestication taming of animals specialization the development of skills in a specific kind of work artisan skilled worker who made goods by hand institution a long lasting pattern of organization in a community scribes professional record keepers Cuneiform Sumerian form of writing, it means wedge shaped What are the 6 components of a civilization? 1. advanced cities 2. specialized workers and advanced technology 3. complex institutions like religion 4. record keeping 5. Government 6. Monumental Architecture systematic agriculture growing food on a regular basis What are the 4 basic needs of humans? 1. shelter and clothing 2. emotional needs 3. food and water 4. security What are the 3 seeds of a civilization? 1. systematic agriculture 2. domestication 3. surplus of food polytheism creation of many gods pharaoh god-like kings, built monuments Hammurabi King of Babylon; wrote first written law Ziggurat Sumerian temple; it holds religious and government rituals Hierarchy organized social structure Hieroglyphics Egyptian pictograph language