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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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13678527253hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
13678527254civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
13678527255neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
13678527256nomadic 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
13678527257cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
13678527258agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
13678527259pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
13678527260Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
13678527261Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
13678527262MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
13678527263potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
13678527264SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
13678527265cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
13678527266city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
13678527267ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
13678527268Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
13678527269HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
13678527270PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
13678527271pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
13678527272hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
13678527273KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
13678527274monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
13678527275PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
13678527276Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
13678527277AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
13678527278Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
13678527279Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
13678527280OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
13678527281ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
13678527282Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
13678527283PaleolithicThe 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
13678527284Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
13678527285eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
13678527286toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
13678527287Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
13678527288patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
13678527289climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
13678527290weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
13678527291horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
13678527292artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
13678527293record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
13678527295Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
13678527296Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
13678527297MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
13678527298Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
13678527299Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
13678527302Standard of Ur46
13678527303Harappan King or Priest Figure47
13678527300JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
13678527301Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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