1.1 Meanings :
1. Skilled – having or showing the knowledge .
2. Gatherers – countable .
3. Vast – of very great extent .
4. Hunted – showing signs of mental anguish .
5. Rearing – bring up and care for .
6. Flourished – grow .
7. Droughts – a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall .
8. Driven – moved .
9. Livelihood – a means of securing the necessities of life .
10. Manuscripts – document .
11. Monasteries – buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
12. Inscriptions – a thing inscribed .
13. Archaeologist – a person who studies human history .
14. Herders – a person who looks after a herd of livestock .
15. Imperishable – enduring forever.
16. Victories – an act of defeating an enemy .
17. Decipherment – to interpret by the use of a key .