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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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10557354747hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
10557354748civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
10557354749neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
10557354750nomadic 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
10557354751cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
10557354752agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
10557354753pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
10557354754Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
10557354755Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
10557354756MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
10557354757potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
10557354758SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
10557354759cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
10557354760city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
10557354761ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
10557354762Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
10557354763HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
10557354764PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
10557354765pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
10557354766hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
10557354767KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
10557354768monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
10557354769PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
10557354770Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
10557354771AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
10557354772Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
10557354773Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
10557354774OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
10557354775ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
10557354776Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
10557354777PaleolithicThe 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
10557354778Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
10557354779eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
10557354780toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
10557354781Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
10557354782patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
10557354783climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
10557354784weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
10557354785horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
10557354786artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
10557354787record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
10557354788Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
10557354789Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
10557354790MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
10557354791Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
10557354792Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
10557354795Standard of Ur46
10557354796Harappan King or Priest Figure47
10557354793JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
10557354794Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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