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The definition of "prehistoric" generally means

Before the written word

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Paleolithic cave paintings, such as those found in the Hall of the Bulls, are characterized by images / scenes of

animals

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Two types of Paleolitic art are blank and portable.

permanent

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When referring to the images of animals, "twisted perspective" is when the animal is depicted in a blank viewpoint

Frontal & profile

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Stonehenge is part of the blank period.

nealithic

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One of the earliest fortified cities in the Neolithic period was

Jericho

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Çatalhöyük, across its history, witnesses the transition from exclusively hunting and gathering subsistence to increasing skill in plant and animal

Domestication

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Stonehenge was created in blank stages.

3

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Monuments from the Neolithic period in Western Europe, such as Stonehenge, are characterized by

Megalithic architecture

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Monumental architecture is powerful human-made topography

True

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The use of bronze allowed the beginnings of urban civilization, metal tools, government, and proto-writing

True

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Theocratic society was ruled by the

Priest king

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  1. Some of the earliest complex urban centers can be found in Mesopotamia between the Blank river

Tigris & Euphrates

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  1. Earliest known writing emerged in southern Mesopotamia around 3400 BC called

Cuneiform

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  1. Head of an Akkadian Ruler was made using the lost wax technique. In this casting process, the materials blank, wax, and bronze are used.

Clay

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  1. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin represents a victory over the Mountain People.

Lullubi

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  1. After 612 BCE, the Babylonian kings Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar Il were able to claim much of the Assyrian empire and rebuilt Babylon on a grand scale

True

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  1. The blank of Hammurabi is inscribed into the stele of Hammurabi.

Law & codes

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  1. The blank was the most elaborate of the inner-city gates constructed in Babylon in antiquity.

Ishtar

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  1. The blank empire dominated Mesopotamia and all of the Near East for the first half of he first millennium BCE.

Assyrian