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82278258agricultural revolutionalso called the neolithic age, the end of hunter gatherers and the beginings of civilization0
82278259plaeolithic age"old stone age"1
82278260people lived as...hunter gathers2
82278261peoples life style?nomadic3
82278262nomadic lifestylemoving from place to place following herds and depending on the environmental conditions4
8227826350 peopleabout how many people in a tribe?5
82278264so they wouldnt exhaust the food, short life expectancywhy only 50 people?6
8227826520 yearslife expectancy?7
82278266prevents interbreedingwhat does socializing with other tribes do?8
82278267about 2 milliionworld pop during the paleolithic age?9
82278268the huntersgender roles for men10
82278269the foragers, shelter, cooking, took care of childrengender roles for women11
82278270tools and cave paintingsevidence? artifacts of the paleolithic age?12
82278271neolithic age"new stone age"13
822782728000BCEneo begins?14
82278273dog1st domesticated animal15
82278274it created civilization, end of the hunter gatherersreason the revolution was good16
82278275wheat, barely, maiz, cereal, millet, quinoa, ricedependeable food sources of the revolution?17
82278276beerm bread, porridge (less meat)new diets?18
82278277meat, dairy products, energy, transportation, tools skins, protection, fertilization, wooldomestic animals provided19
82278278falseclimate change was sudden20
82278279trueagricultural rev. occured over many generations21
82278280technologyuse of knowledge tools and craftes to change the environment22
82278281agriculturegave people better tech to control the environment23
82278282gave small % jobswhy is agriculture key to civilization?24
82278283cities/urban centers, political system bases on defined territory, extensive division of labor, social distinctions/hierarchy/classes, monumental building, record keeping, long distance trade, more sofisticated arts and sciences8 traits of civilization?25
82278284mesopotamia, egypt, indus valley, chinariver valleys civilizations?26
82278285yellow riverchina river27
82278286indus valley riverindus valley28
82278287nile riveregypt29
82278288tigris/euphrates riversmesopotamia30
82278289the fertile cresentmesopotamia is located in..31
82278290river flooded, sometimes severe weather, unpredictable, little natural boundariesweather of mesopotamia?32
82278291cattle pulled plowsfarmers developed?33
82278292irregation canalsmesopotamia developed what to create more arable land34
82278293bronze, the wheel, sail?use of what started in mesopotamia35
82278294city statecity and surrounding farmland36
82278295sargonakkadian state37
82278296hammurabibabylonian state38
82278297polytheistic and anthromorphicmesopotamian religion39
82278298portion of farmers crops and taxespreists demandeed what?40
82278299zigguratsmesopotamian temple complexes41
8227830060numbers based on42
82278301code of hammurabion of the earliest legal systems43
82278302gift of the nileegypt was the44
82278303flows northnile flows45
82278304king minesunited both kingdoms46
82278305theocracygov't religious leader is also head of state47
82278306heiroglyphics and papyrus paper, extensive knowledge of anatomy and sciencedeveloped and gained?48
82278307not much rainfall, floods twice a year, cant decipher writing, had plumbingindus river valley49
82278308Harappa and Mohenjo-darotwo well preserved sites50
82278309citadelcenteral fortified structure51
82278310greater use of metal, bronze, potters wheel and kiln baked clayindus valley achievements52
822783111900 BCEAbadoned around?53
82278312dry cold climate, millet and wheat. yellow rivernorthern china was?54
82278313hot wet, yangzi river, ricesouthern china was?55
82278314hymilayas, gobi dessert, takla makan dessert, pacific oceanchinas natural boundaries56
82278315xia-legendary maybe shang zhoudynasties57
82278316warrior aristocracyshang58
82278317polytheistic, supreme god Di, ancestorsshang religions59
82278318familybasic unit ofsociety60
82278319feudal systemking appoints nobles to govern local territories61
82278320feng shuiconstruction of cities, uildings and rooms and place them in harmony with the natural surroundings62
82278321zhou dynastywen and wu, take over and make the mandate of heaven63
82278322mandate of heavendynastic cycle64
82278323dynasty founded, period of power and prosperity, periiod of decline, rebelliondynastic cycle65
82278324zhoulongest lasting dynasty66
82278325confuciusphilosopher, decline of zhou, restor social order and gov't67
82278326hittites/assyrians/babylonians/egyptianskey city states in cosmopolitan middle east68
82278327earliest european civilizations, on crete, advanced, indoor plumbingminoans69
82278328linear B scriptmycanaen greeks70
82278329child sacrifice, seafaring, naval powerphoenicians71
82278330migrated from asia to americas20,000-13,000 BCE72

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