Terms : Hide Images
| 12156808312 | characteristics of the paleolithic era | small nomadic groups, migration from east africa, clothing, fire, language, adaptation to different climates, tool making/early metallurgy, gender equity | 0 | |
| 12156858660 | early metallurgy | stone, bone, wood, and copper were utilized | 1 | |
| 12156871837 | fire | sterilized food, brought people together, protected against pretadors, and eased the digestion process (led to brain development) | 2 | |
| 12156901398 | characteristics of the neolithic era | irrigation, domestication (taming wild animals so they can live with humans), job specialization (craftsmen, artisans, merchants, warriors, priests, farmers), gender inequality (development of a patriarichal society), technology (pottery, wheels, copper and bronze metallurgy, plows, textiles), independent agricultural discoveries, social classes, cultural diffusion (belief that the gods control the harvest), development of militaries (to guard farms) | 3 | |
| 12157293811 | mesopotamia | part of tigris and euphrates river valley, first civilization (sumer), epic of gilgamesh (1st story written), hammurabi's code ("lex talionis"), ziggurats (religious practice, education, and military function), cuneiform | 4 | |
| 12173709362 | indus river valley | harappa and mohenjo-daro were major cities (known for sewage systems), architecturally advanced | 5 | |
| 12173388963 | hittites | known for warfare, iron technology, hattusa (capital city) | 6 | |
| 12173633252 | phoenecians | created 22 letter alphabet (only upper class men learned it), used maritime trade, located around mediterranean | 7 | |
| 12173680981 | characteristics of a civilization | writing, rise of cities, complex institutions, specialized workers, technology | 8 | |
| 12173890832 | mandate of heaven | created by the zhou dynasty. there can only be 1 ruler of china at a time, and this ruler had to be blessed by the gods. resulted in constant rebellion and overthrowing of the ruler | 9 | |
| 12175048389 | judaism | 1st monotheistic faith, 10 commandments, torah | 10 | |
| 12175261577 | hammurabi's code | legal code in mesopotamia. created by babylonians. supported inequality because different punishments were given to different people | 11 | |
| 12175971330 | greek political structure | localized central government. decentralized as a whole, but centralized within city-states. sparta: oligarchy, athens: direct democracy | 12 | |
| 12177641444 | roman law | twelve tables (relieved tension between the upper and lower class). twelve tables enforced innocent until guilty, equality under the law, and burden of proof with accuser | 13 | |
| 12177914645 | athens vs. sparta | art (literature, science, philosophy, athletics) vs. military | 14 | |
| 12177953933 | hellenism | the principles and ideals associated with classical greek civilization | 15 | |
| 12178153975 | who roman power was held by | patricians (people who could trace back to romulus and remus were considered patricians) | 16 | |
| 12178343488 | christianity | code of justinian fused christianity with roman law, constantine converted to christianity and issued the edict of milan (religious tolerance) | 17 | |
| 12178208932 | appeal of christianity | embraced all people, promised eternal life, gave hope | 18 | |
| 12178238937 | daoism | valued nature, harmony, balance, order | 19 | |
| 12178264831 | confucianism | china, valued filial piety, relationships, respect, responsibility, order, harmony, civil service exams | 20 | |
| 12178273078 | qin dynasty | practiced legalism, clerical script, great wall of china | 21 | |
| 12178292590 | buddhism | east asia, four noble truths, 8 fold path, five precepts, ashoka (buddhist missionary) | 22 | |
| 12178332209 | india's maritime trading pattern | trade patterns depended on the monsoon seasons | 23 | |
| 12178366072 | pater familias | the male head of a household had complete authority | 24 | |
| 12178370588 | legalism | the belief that punishment brings order | 25 | |
| 12178377225 | monasticism | deciding to live as a monk (dedicating your life to religious practices and spiritual work) | 26 | |
| 12178400355 | reasons for fall of rome | political corruption, migration of the huns, borders were too big, spread of disease | 27 | |
| 12178428325 | 5 pillars of faith | profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving (providing for needy), fasting, pilgrimage | 28 | |
| 12178438824 | sunni vs. shiite | believed that muslim rulers should follow muhammad's example vs. believe the ruler should be descended from muhammad | 29 | |
| 12178451636 | islam | began by merchants, shar'ia law, 5 pillars of faith | 30 | |
| 12178458485 | foot binding | breaking the bones in women's feet in order to shape the feet differently. advanced patriarchy because women needed to rely more on men | 31 | |
| 12178486407 | silk road | connected china, india, and the middle east. bubonic plague spread by this trade route. | 32 | |
| 12178507089 | bantu | provided sub-sahara africa with language, iron technology, and agricultural production | 33 | |
| 12178524684 | mongols | conquered areas in russia and eurasia through conquest and trade | 34 | |
| 12178540800 | inca quipu | collection of colored strings knotted differently to represent numbers. incan record system | 35 | |
| 12178544325 | feudalism | nobles are granted lands that legally belong to their king in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land | 36 | |
| 12178555834 | cyrus the great | founder of the persian empire | 37 | |
| 12179248451 | crusades | a long series of wars between christians and muslims over the holy land (jerusalem) | 38 |
