Historical Terms -VIII
American Civilizations and the World Archaic cultures: hunting and gathering groups dispersed over the Americas by 9000 B.C.E. In the Americas, sedentary farmers depend on the staple crop known as…
Historical Terms – II
The Early Civilizations and the World Mesopotamia: literally “between the rivers”; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys. Potter’s wheel: a technological advance in…