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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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8926537866hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
8926537867civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
8926537868neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
8926537869nomadic 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
8926537870cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
8926537871agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
8926537872pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
8926537873Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
8926537874Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
8926537875MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
8926537876potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
8926537877SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
8926537878cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
8926537879city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
8926537880ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
8926537881Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
8926537882HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
8926537883PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
8926537884pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
8926537885hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
8926537886KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
8926537887monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
8926537888PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
8926537889Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
8926537890AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
8926537891Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
8926537892Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
8926537893OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
8926537894ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
8926537895Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
8926537896PaleolithicThe 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
8926537897Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
8926537898eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
8926537899toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
8926537900Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
8926537901patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
8926537902climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
8926537903weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
8926537904horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
8926537905artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
8926537906record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
8926537907Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
8926537908Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
8926537909MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
8926537910Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
8926537911Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
8926537912Standard of Ur46
8926537913Harappan King or Priest Figure47
8926537914JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
8926537915Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
8926537916Homo Sapiens50
8926537917Hominid51
8926537918Neanderthal52
8926537919Entrepot53
8926537920Cultural Syncretism54
8926537921Presentism55
8926537922B.P.56

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