81947508 | monotheism | The exclusive worship of a single god; introduced by the Jews into Western civiliztion | 0 | |
81947509 | potterOs wheel | A technological advance in pottery making; invented c. 6000 b.c.e; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery production | 1 | |
81947510 | savages | socities engaged in either hunting and gathering for subsistence or in migratory cultivation; not as stratified or specialized as civilized and nomadic societies | 2 | |
81947511 | Phoenicians | Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean | 3 | |
81947512 | Hittites | An Indo-European people who entered Mespotamia c. 1750 b.c.e; destroyed the Babylonian empire; swept away c. 1200 b.c.e | 4 | |
81947513 | Chichimecs | American hunting-and-gathering groups; largely responsible for the disruption of early civilizations in Mesoamerica | 5 | |
81947514 | pharaoh | Title of kings in ancient Egypt | 6 | |
81947515 | matrilineal | Family descent and inheritance traced through the female line | 7 | |
81947516 | mummification | The act of preserving the bodies of the dead; practiced in Egypt to preserve the body for enjoyment of the afterlife | 8 | |
81947517 | pastoralism | Anomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies | 9 | |
81947518 | ,atal HYyYk | Ealy urban culture based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern turkey; was larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification | 10 | |
81947519 | Homo sapiens | The humanoid species that emerged as most successful at the end of the Paleolithic period | 11 | |
81947520 | Paleolithic Age | the old stone age ending in 12,000 b.c.e; typified by use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence | 12 | |
81947521 | hieroglyphs | the form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuniform | 13 | |
81947522 | Hammurabi | The most important ruler of the Babylonian empire; responsible for codification of law | 14 |
CH.1 From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Flashcards
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