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what does prehistoric mean?
before written records
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how do historians find out about Prehistoric times?
cave paintings and artifacts like skulls.
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Prehsitoric ideas about what caused illness
superstitious- evil spirits
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what does rational mean?
logical and / or based on scientific reasoning.
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what does superstitious mean?
balming Gods/spirits/luck
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prehistoric cures- rational
setting bones and using herbs and plants.
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prehistoric cures- superstitious
treppaning/ songs/ charms/ dancing/ spirit sticks.
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who healed the sick during prehistoric times?
the shaman or medicine man.
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why was there there a settled society in Ancient Egypt?
people settled around the Nile because it flooded every year leaving fertile soil.
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what is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?
The Nile.
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how did religion help medical knowledge develop?
priests kept clean to please the Gods. Malachite eye make up. mummification lead to anatomical knowledge.
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writting in ancient Egypt
Papyrus. Hieroglyphics. meant ideas could be shared.
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channels theory
based on the Nile. if the channels got blocked it would not flow like our bodies. RATIONAL
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examples of writting
the papyrus Ebers and Papyrus Edwin Smith
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