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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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10689338806hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
10689338807civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
10689338808neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
10689338809nomadic 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
10689338810cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
10689338811agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
10689338812pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
10689338813Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
10689338814Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
10689338815MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
10689338816potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
10689338817SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
10689338818cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
10689338819city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
10689338820ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
10689338821Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
10689338822HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
10689338823PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
10689338824pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
10689338825hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
10689338826KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
10689338827monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
10689338828PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
10689338829Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
10689338830AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
10689338831Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
10689338832Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
10689338833OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
10689338834ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
10689338835Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
10689338836PaleolithicThe 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
10689338837Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
10689338838eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
10689338839toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
10689338840Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
10689338841patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
10689338842climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
10689338843weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
10689338844horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
10689338845artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
10689338846record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
10689338847Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
10689338848Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
10689338849MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
10689338850Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
10689338851Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
10689338854Standard of Ur46
10689338855Harappan King or Priest Figure47
10689338852JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
10689338853Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
10689338856Homo Sapiens50
10689338857Hominid51
10689338858Neanderthal52
10689338859Entrepot53
10689338860Cultural Syncretism54
10689338861Presentism55
10689338862B.P.56

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