From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations
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| 286290195 | Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) | most of 2+ milllion yrs. in human existence | 0 | |
| 286290196 | homo sapien sapiens | ancestor of us humans today; first appeared in Paleolithic Age | 1 | |
| 286290197 | Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) | 12,000-8000 BCE | 2 | |
| 286290198 | Neolithic (New Stone) Age What happened during it? | 8000-5000 BCE; adaption of sedentary agriculture, domesticated plants and animals | 3 | |
| 286290199 | Neolithic Revolution What is it? | 8500-3500 BCE; succession of technological innovations and changes in human organization -> development of agriculture | 4 | |
| 286290200 | Bronze Age When was it? | 3000 BCE | 5 | |
| 286290201 | slash and burn agriculture | burn trees in area, farm until soil gone, then move on | 6 | |
| 286290202 | what is a band (no, not the musical kind) | tribes w/ strong kinships | 7 | |
| 286290203 | What was Catal Huyuk | ancient city founded in 7000 BCE; studied by archaeologists | 8 | |
| 286290204 | cuneiform | writing w/ wedge-like characters | 9 | |
| 286290205 | Mesopotamia | land between Tigris and Euphrates river | 10 | |
| 286290206 | Sumerians | 5000 BCe; created first civilization within region; organized area into city-states | 11 | |
| 286290207 | polytheism | belief in many gods | 12 | |
| 286290208 | Hammurabi | leader of Babylonians; made first code of law | 13 | |
| 286290209 | Babylonian Empire | unified all of Mesopotamia c. 1800 BCE; collapsed because of foreign invasion c. 1600 BCE | 14 | |
| 286290210 | pharoah | king of Egyptians; had immense power, was godlike, with pyramids as tombs | 15 | |
| 286290211 | Harappa; Mohenjo Daro | ancient civ. near Indus river; had unique writing and art | 16 | |
| 286290212 | Huanghe(Yellow River) | civilization near Yellow River in China | 17 | |
| 286290213 | Phoenicians | civ. in Mesopotamia; 1300 BCE; created 22-letter alphabet | 18 | |
| 286290214 | Jews | morally/ethically based monotheistic religion god = Jehovah | 19 |
