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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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10503913804hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
10503913805civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
10503913806neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
10503913807nomadic 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
10503913808cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
10503913809agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
10503913810pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
10503913812Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing7
10503913813MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys8
10503913814potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products9
10503913815SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states10
10503913816cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets11
10503913817city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king12
10503913818ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections13
10503913819Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.14
10503913820HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law15
10503913821PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs16
10503913822pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs17
10503913823hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform18
10503913825monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization19
10503913826PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean20
10503913827Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern21
10503913828AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization22
10503913829Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China23
10503913830Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)24
10503913833Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.25
10503913834PaleolithicThe 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.26
10503913835Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas27
10503913836eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)28
10503913837toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra29
10503913838Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement30
10503913839patriarchyfather based/male dominated society31
10503913840climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?32
10503913841weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations33
10503913842horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists34
10503913843artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.35
10503913844record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused36
10503913845Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.37
10503913846Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.38
10503913847MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.39
10503913848Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.40

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