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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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8638896919hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
8638896920civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
8638896921neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
8638896922nomadic 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
8638896923cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
8638896924agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
8638896925pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
8638896926Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
8638896927Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
8638896928MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
8638896929potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
8638896930SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
8638896931cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
8638896932city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
8638896933ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
8638896934Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
8638896935HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
8638896936PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
8638896937pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
8638896938hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
8638896939KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
8638896940monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
8638896941PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
8638896942Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
8638896943AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
8638896944Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
8638896945Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
8638896946OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
8638896947ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
8638896948Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
8638896949PaleolithicThe 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
8638896950Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
8638896951eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
8638896952toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
8638896953Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
8638896954patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
8638896955climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
8638896956weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
8638896957horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
8638896958artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
8638896959record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
8638896960Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
8638896961Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
8638896962MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
8638896963Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
8638896964Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
8638896965Standard of Ur46
8638896966Harappan King or Priest Figure47
8638896967JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
8638896968Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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