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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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12300209519hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
12300209520civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
12300209521neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
12300209522nomadic 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
12300209523cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
12300209524agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
12300209525pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
12300209526Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
12300209527Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
12300209528MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
12300209529potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
12300209530SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
12300209531cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
12300209532city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
12300209533ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
12300209534Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
12300209535HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
12300209536PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
12300209537pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
12300209538hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
12300209539KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
12300209540monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
12300209541PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
12300209542Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
12300209543AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
12300209544Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
12300209545Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
12300209546OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
12300209547ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
12300209548Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
12300209549PaleolithicThe 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
12300209550Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
12300209551eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
12300209552toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
12300209553Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
12300209554patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
12300209555climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
12300209556weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
12300209557horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
12300209558artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
12300209559record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
12300209560Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
12300209561Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
12300209562MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
12300209563Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
12300209564Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
12300209567Standard of Ur46
12300209568Harappan King or Priest Figure47
12300209565JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
12300209566Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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