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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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10590938952hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
10590938953civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
10590938954neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
10590938955nomadic 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
10590938956cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
10590938957Agricultural RevolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
10590938958pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
10590938960Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing7
10590938961MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys8
10590938962potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products9
10590938963SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states10
10590938964cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets11
10590938965city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king12
10590938966ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections13
10590938967Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.14
10590938968HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law15
10590938969PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs16
10590938970pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs17
10590938971hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform18
10590938972KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries19
10590938975Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern20
10590938976AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization21
10590938977Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China22
10590938978Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)23
10590938979OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing24
10590938980ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing25
10590938982PaleolithicThe 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.26
10590938983Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas27
10590938984eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)28
10590938985toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra29
10590938986Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement30
10590938987patriarchyfather based/male dominated society31
10590938988climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?32
10590938989weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations33
10590938990horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists34
10590938991artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.35
10590938992record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization and subsequently were diffused36
10590938993Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.37
10590938994Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.38
10590938995MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.39
10590938996Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.40
10590938997Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.41
10590939000Standard of Ur42
10590938998JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.43
10590938999Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.44

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