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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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13729727725hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
13729727726civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
13729727727neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
13729727728nomadic 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
13729727729cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
13729727730agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
13729727731pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
13729727732Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing7
13729727733MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys8
13729727734SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states9
13729727735cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets10
13729727736city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king11
13729727737ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections12
13729727738Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.13
13729727739HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law14
13729727740PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs15
13729727741pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs16
13729727742hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform17
13729727743KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries18
13729727744monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization19
13729727745PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean20
13729727746Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern21
13729727747AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization22
13729727748Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China23
13729727749Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)24
13729727750OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing25
13729727751ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing26
13729727752Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.27
13729727753PaleolithicThe 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.28
13729727754Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas29
13729727755eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)30
13729727756toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra31
13729727757Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement32
13729727758patriarchyfather based/male dominated society33
13729727759climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?34
13729727760weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations35
13729727761horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists36
13729727762artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.37
13729727763record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused38
13729727764Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.39
13729727765Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.40
13729727766MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.41
13729727767Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.42
13729727768Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.43
13729727769Standard of Ur44
13729727770Harappan King or Priest Figure45

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