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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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7295161527hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
7295161528civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
7295161529neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
7295161530nomadic 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
7295161531cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
7295161532agricultural revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
7295161533pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
7295161534Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
7295161535Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
7295161536MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
7295161537potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
7295161538SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
7295161539cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
7295161540city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
7295161541ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
7295161542Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
7295161543HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
7295161544PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
7295161545pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
7295161546hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
7295161547KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
7295161548monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
7295161549PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
7295161552Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China23
7295161553Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)24
7295161554OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing25
7295161555ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing26
7295161556Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.27
7295161557PaleolithicThe 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.28
7295161558Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas29
7295161559eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)30
7295161560toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra31
7295161561Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement32
7295161562patriarchyfather based/male dominated society33
7295161563climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?34
7295161564weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations35
7295161565horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists36
7295161566artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.37
7295161567record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused38
7295161568Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.39
7295161569Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.40
7295161570MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.41
7295161571Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.42
7295161572Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.43
7295161576Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.44

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