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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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6622503998hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
6622503999civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
6622504000neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
6622504001nomadic 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
6622504002cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
6622504003agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
6622504004pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
6622504005Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
6622504006Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
6622504007MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
6622504008potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
6622504009SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
6622504010cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
6622504011city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
6622504012ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
6622504013Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
6622504014HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
6622504015PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
6622504016pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
6622504017hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
6622504018KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
6622504019monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
6622504020PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
6622504021Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
6622504022AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
6622504023Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
6622504024Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
6622504025OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
6622504026ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
6622504027Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
6622504028PaleolithicThe 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
6622504029Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
6622504030eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
6622504031toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
6622504032Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
6622504033patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
6622504034climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
6622504035weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
6622504036horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
6622504037artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
6622504038record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
6622504039Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
6622504040Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
6622504041MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
6622504042Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
6622504043Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
6622504044Standard of Ur46
6622504045Harappan King or Priest Figure47
6622504046JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
6622504047Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
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