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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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9972148326hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
9972148327civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
9972148328neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
9972148329nomadic 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
9972148330cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
9972148331agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
9972148332pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
9972148333Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
9972148334Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
9972148335MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
9972148336potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
9972148337SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
9972148338cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
9972148339city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
9972148340ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
9972148341Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
9972148342HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
9972148343PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
9972148344pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
9972148345hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
9972148346KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
9972148347monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
9972148348PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
9972148349Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
9972148350AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
9972148351Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
9972148352Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
9972148353OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
9972148354ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
9972148355Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
9972148356PaleolithicThe 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
9972148357Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
9972148358eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
9972148359toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
9972148360Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
9972148361patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
9972148362climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
9972148363weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
9972148364horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
9972148365artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
9972148366record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
9972148367Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
9972148368Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
9972148369MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
9972148370Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
9972148371Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
9972148374Standard of Ur46
9972148375Harappan King or Priest Figure47
9972148372JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
9972148373Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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