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1 Examples of how humans have interacted and changed the environment through the ages

2 Hunters and gatherers- members of homo sapiens who spent many hours searching for food. Environment-surroundings where man had to adapt to nature. Paleolithic era –the old stone age when man had to make tools from stone. Role-the responsibility a person plays in a society. Early man

3 Surplus-an extra supply you can use to trade for more goods. Domestication-to tame plants or animals for human use. Barter-trade for things people want. Irrigation-ways to move water to land. Famers and city dwellers

4 Ziggurat-the largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city-state Standing army-a permanent army Code of Hammurabi-the collection of laws that Hammurabi organized for the people of Babylon Deities-one exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful such as a god Mesopotamia

5 Mummification-the preservation of a body Afterlife-life after death Nation state-a region with a united goup of people and a single government Pyramid-a structure that serves as a tomb for egyptian rulers Egypt

6 Harbors, Isthmus, Peninsula Acropolis Fables Agora Greece

7 Concrete Road Arable Coliseum Rome


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