2435576955 | Paleolithic Era | development of spoken language, ability to control and use fire, and ability to make simple tools out of stone | 0 | |
2435580294 | Foraging Societies | composed of small groups of people who traveled from point to point as the climate and availability of plants and animals dictated | 1 | |
2435586326 | Pastoral Societies | characterized by the domestication of animals, found in mountainous regions and in areas with insufficient rainfall, women had few rights, status based on size of herd | 2 | |
2435596126 | Neolithic Revolution | nomadic to agricultural lifestyles, settlements, added sense of unity and helped build and sustain cultural traditions, people tied to a piece of land | 3 | |
2435609467 | Impact of Agriculture | specialization, food surplus, irrigation, environmental change, roads built, clothing | 4 | |
2435617141 | Technology in Neolithic Era | farming tools, pottery, weaving, wheels, sails, knowledge of how to use metals, weapons | 5 | |
2435627309 | Early Civilizations | located in river valleys, large areas of land with large populations and distinct cultures, composed of loosely connected city-states | 6 | |
2435636198 | Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers", Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Fertile Crescent, build canals and dikes | 7 | |
2435640800 | Sumer | Sumerian civilization, developed cuneiform as writing system, laws, treaties, social and religious customs, developed 12 month calendar and math system based on units of 60, polytheistic, built ziggurats or temples | 8 | |
2435655292 | Babylon | Overthrew Akkadian (developed first known code of laws), developed The Code of Hammurabi; distinguished major and minor offenses, fell to the Hittites | 9 |
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