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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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14638152277hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
14638152278civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
14638152279neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
14638152280nomadic 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
14638152281cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
14638152282agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
14638152283pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
14638152284Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
14638152285Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
14638152286MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
14638152287potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
14638152288SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
14638152289cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
14638152290city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
14638152291ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
14638152292Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
14638152293HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
14638152294PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
14638152295pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
14638152296hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
14638152297KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
14638152298monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
14638152299PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
14638152300Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
14638152301AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
14638152302Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
14638152303Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
14638152304OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
14638152305ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
14638152306Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
14638152307PaleolithicThe 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
14638152308Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
14638152309eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
14638152310toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
14638152311Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
14638152312patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
14638152313climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
14638152314weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
14638152315horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
14638152316artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
14638152317record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
14638152318Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
14638152319Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
14638152320MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
14638152321Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
14638152322Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
14638152325Standard of Ur46
14638152326Harappan King or Priest Figure47
14638152323JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
14638152324Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49
14669178278Filial PietyIn Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.50

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