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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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6770268415hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
6770268416civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
6770268417neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
6770268418nomadic 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
6770268419cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
6770268420agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
6770268421pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
6770268422Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
6770268423Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
6770268424MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
6770268425potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
6770268426SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
6770268427cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
6770268428city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
6770268429ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
6770268430Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
6770268431HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
6770268432PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
6770268433pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
6770268434hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
6770268435KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
6770268436monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
6770268437PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
6770268438Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
6770268439AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
6770268440Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
6770268441Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
6770268442OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
6770268443ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
6770268444Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
6770268445PaleolithicThe 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
6770268446Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
6770268447eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
6770268448toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
6770268449Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
6770268450patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
6770268451climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
6770268452weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
6770268453horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
6770268454artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
6770268455record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
6770268456Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
6770268457Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
6770268458MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
6770268459Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
6770268460Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
6770268461Standard of Ur46
6770268462Harappan King or Priest Figure47
6770268463JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
6770268464Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
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