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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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7217585495hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
7217585496civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
7217585497neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
7217585498nomadic 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
7217585499cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
7217585500agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
7217585501pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
7217585502Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
7217585503Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
7217585504MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
7217585505potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
7217585506SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
7217585507cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
7217585508city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
7217585509ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
7217585510Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
7217585511HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
7217585512PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
7217585513pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
7217585514hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
7217585515KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
7217585516monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
7217585517PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
7217585518Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
7217585519AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
7217585520Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
7217585521Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
7217585522OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
7217585523ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
7217585524Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
7217585525PaleolithicThe 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
7217585526Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
7217585527eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
7217585528toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
7217585529Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
7217585530patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
7217585531climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
7217585532weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
7217585533horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
7217585534artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
7217585535record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
7217585536Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
7217585537Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
7217585538MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
7217585539Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
7217585540Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
7217585541Standard of Ur46
7217585542Harappan King or Priest Figure47
7217585543JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
7217585544Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
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