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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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9915516112hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
9915516113civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
9915516114neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
9915516115nomadic 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
9915516116cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
9915516117agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
9915516118pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
9915516119Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
9915516120Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
9915516121MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
9915516122potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
9915516123SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
9915516124cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
9915516125city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
9915516126ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
9915516127Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
9915516128HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
9915516129PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
9915516130pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
9915516131hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
9915516132KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
9915516133monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
9915516134PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
9915516135Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
9915516136AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
9915516137Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
9915516138Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
9915516139OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
9915516140ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
9915516141Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
9915516142PaleolithicThe 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
9915516143Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
9915516144eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
9915516145toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
9915516146Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
9915516147patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
9915516148climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
9915516149weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
9915516150horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
9915516151artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
9915516152record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
9915516153Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
9915516154Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
9915516155MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
9915516156Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
9915516157Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
9915516160Standard of Ur46
9915516161Harappan King or Priest Figure47
9915516158JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
9915516159Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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