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11007648697Neolithic Revolutionthe emergence of permanent agricultural villages0
11007648698Locations of independent neolithic revolutions includeMesopotamia, Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, Indus River Valley, Yellow (Huang He) River Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes1
11007648699Pastoralismthe branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep2
11007648700Overgrazingnegative impact on the environment by pastoralists3
11007648701Examples of how agricultural communities impact their environmentclearing land and creating water control (irrigation) systems4
11007648702Agricultural Revolution (aka Neolithic Revolution) led tomore abundant and reliable food supplies5
11007648703Reliable and abundant food supplies led toincreased population which led to specialization of labor, including new classes of artisans and warriors, and the development of elites6
11007648704Examples of innovations in technology that improved food production, trade, and transportationpottery, plows, woven textiles, wheels, and metalurgy7
11007648705Patriarchya system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.8
11007648706Social system that developed in pastoralist and agraian societiespatriarchal9
11007648707A power that early states undertook wasmobilization of surplus labor and other resources10
11007648708Early rulers often claimed this as a source of authorityconnection to the gods (divine)11
11007648709This group occupied the region of Anatolia (also known as Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey) prior to 1700 BCE, and expanded their territories into an empire which rivaled, and threatened, the established nation of Egypt.Hitties12
11007648710New weapon developed by pastoralists that contributed to the transformation of ancient warfare.ancient composite bow13
11007648711Modes of transportation that transformed ancient warfare and transportation itselfhorseback riding and chariots14
11007648712Examples of developments in architecture and urban planning of early citiesstreets and roads, sewage and water systems, and defensive walls15
11007648713Zigguratan ancient temple that was common in Mesopotamia (or present-day Iraq and western Iran) during the the civilizations of Sumer, Babylon and Assyria.16
11007648714Pyramidancient Egyptians built these as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens.17
11007648715Cuneiforma system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE.18
11007648716Hieroglyphicsthe formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt. It combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with a total of some 1,000 distinct characters19
11007648717Quipua device consisting of a cord with knotted strings of various colors attached, used by the ancient Peruvians (Andean South America) for recording events, keeping accounts, etc. in the region of .20
11007648718Code of Hammurabithe longest surviving text (written law) from the Old Babylonian period. Does not attempt to cover all possible legal situations. In its epilogue, described as "laws of Justice" intended to clarify the rights of any "oppressed man."21
11007648719Examples of Hammurabi's CodeIf a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. [ An eye for an eye ] If he break another man's bone, his bone shall be broken. If he put out the eye of a freed man, or break the bone of a freed man, he shall pay one gold mina.22
11007648720Code of Ur-Nammuthe oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100-2050 BCE.23
11007648721Systems of record keepingcuneiform, hieroglyphs, pictographs, alphabets, quipu24
11007648722Vedicthe ancient religion of the Aryan peoples who entered northwestern India from Persia circa 2000-1200 BCE. It was the precursor of Hinduism, and its beliefs and practices are contained in the Vedas.25
11007648723Zoroastrianismone of the world's oldest monotheistic religions. It was founded in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago.26
11007648724Polytheismbelief in many gods27
11007648725Montheismbelief in one god28
11007648726Examples of interregional tradeMesopotamia and Egypt Mesopotamia and Indus valley Egypt and Nubia29
11007648727Hebrewthis form of monotheism began in the biblical lands of Judah and the Northern Kingdom sometime between 1,000 and 586 B.C.E. The idea of a single god was imparted to Abraham at the biblical Mount Sinai.30
11007648728Ahura Mazdathe creator and sole God of Zoroastrianism31

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