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| The written and other recorded events by people |
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| The time before writing was invented |
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| Scientists who examine objects to learn about the human past |
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| The study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it |
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| Modern human or member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans |
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| People who have no settled home |
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| To adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and to breed them for human use |
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| Supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals |
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| A worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand |
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| A society that has cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes |
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| A group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living |
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| Stories passed down by word of mouth |
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| A period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of prehistoric culture |
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