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Mary and Louis Leakey
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Discovered evidence in Olduvai Gorge that early hominids could use tools
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Donald Johanson
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Discovered enough of a skeleton to get a good look at an early hominid
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Animism
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Belief that spirits and forces reside in dreams, animals, and objects
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Polytheistic
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Believing in more than one god
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Anthropology
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Study of the origins of humans and human society
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Technology
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The skills and tools that people use to meet their basic needs
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Paleolithic period
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The time period that some scholars claim lasted from 2 million BC to 10,000 BC
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Neolithic period
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The time period that some scholars claim lasted from10,000 BC to the invention of writing
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Jericho
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An early Neolithic village
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Pictographs
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An early step in the development of writing
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Delta
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Marshy area formed by silt at the mouth of some rivers
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Zoroaster
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Religious figure who introduced the idea of a single wise god to the Persian empire
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Rosetta Stone
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The key to unlocking the meaning of Egyptian writing and language
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Ruler who is thought to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Sabbath
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The Jewish holy day of rest and worship
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