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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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10570784318hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
10570784319civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
10570784320neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
10570784321nomadic societieslivestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies3
10570784322cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
10570784323agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
10570784324pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
10570784325Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
10570784326Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
10570784327MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
10570784328potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
10570784329SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
10570784330cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
10570784331city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
10570784332ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
10570784333Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
10570784334HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
10570784335PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
10570784336pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
10570784337hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
10570784338KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
10570784339monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
10570784340PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
10570784341Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
10570784342AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
10570784343Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
10570784344Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
10570784345OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
10570784346ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
10570784347Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
10570784348PaleolithicThe period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.30
10570784349Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
10570784350eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
10570784351toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
10570784352Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
10570784353patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
10570784354climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
10570784355weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
10570784356horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
10570784357artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
10570784358record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
10570784359Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
10570784360Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
10570784361MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
10570784362Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
10570784363Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
10570784366Standard of Ur46
10570784367Harappan King or Priest Figure47
10570784364JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
10570784365Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
10570784368Homo Sapiens50
10570784369Hominid51
10570784370Neanderthal52
10570784371Entrepot53
10570784372Cultural Syncretism54
10570784373Presentism55
10570784374B.P.56

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