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4866946285Paleolithic Period (date)2.5 million BC0
4866946286Paleolithic Period (technology)fire1
4866946287Paleolithic Period (society)small groups of nomads, egalitarian2
4866946288Paleolithic Period (daily life)hunting/gathering, moving, basic survival3
4866946289Neolithic Revolution (dates)8000BC-5000BC4
4866946290Neolithic Revolution (technology)irrigation, stone and compound tools, wheel, textiles, metallurgy, pottery, plows5
4866946291Neolithic Revoltution (systems)more complex economic and social systems6
4866946292China River ValleyYellow River7
4866946293Indus River ValleyIndus River8
4866946294Egypt River ValleyNile River9
4866946295Sumer River ValleyTigris and Euphrates River10
4866946296Olmecs and Chavinscivilizations that developed in Americas11
4866946297Mesopotamia-2900 BC12
4866946298Egypt-3150 BC -based around religion and Nile13
4866946299Mohenjo-Darro and Harappa-Indus River Valley -built 2600BC, abandoned 1800 BC -present day Pakistan14
4866946300Shang-in Yellow River Valley (Huang He) (AKA China) -1600BC-1064BC -could work bronze -ruled by rebel leader Tang15
4866946301Olmecs-1500BC-400BC -tribe in now Mexico -first Mesoamerican society16
4866946302Chavin-in Andean South America -900BC-200BC -modern day Peru -skill in drainage, metallurgy, and environment control methods -feline based religion -Quipu17
48669463038 points of Civilization-central government -religion -social classes -art and architecture -cities -public works -writing -job specialization18
4866946304Hieroglyphics-Egypt -based off of Cuneiform -used religiously19
4866946305Cuneiform-primitive writing form -Mesopotamia20
4866946306Quipu-form of record keeping using knots -Chavin21
4866946307Hammurabi's Code-harsh Babylonian legal code -Mesopotamia22
4866946308Epic of Gilgamesh-Mesopotamia -Sumerian poem about king of Uruk23
4866946309Rig Veda-Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa -hymm and prayer book -Hindu texts24
4866946310Book of the Dead-Egypt -book of spells for dead25
4866946311Statespowerful systems of rule that mobilized surplus labor and resources over large areas26
4866946312State Characteristics-divine ruler/strong military -new weapons -able to conquer27
4866946313Templesused religiously as places of worship and for priests and preistesses28
4866946314Ziggurats-Mesopotamian -monolithic building devoted to gods29
4866946315Pyramidssarcophagi for wealthy and pharaohs30
4866946316Religions-Hebrew Monotheism~first major "one god" religion -Zoroastrianism~prophet Zoroaster (before 600BC) -Vedic Religion~ (1500-500BC) precursor to Hinduism`31
4866946317Timeline-2.5millionBC~ Homo Sapien appears in Africa -3million BC~Homo erectus tames fire -12,000BC~ end of last ice age -10,000-5,000BC~Neolithic Revolution -3000BC~River Valleys begin to form32
4866946318Cultural Diffusionspread of culture, culture traits, or cultural patterns from a central point33
4866946319Pastoralismraising of animals, and came around in Neolithic Revolution34

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