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| 32505905 | Predecessors to civilizations | Small farming villages, First appeared in S.W. Asia | 0 | |
| 32505906 | Catal Huyuk | Self-sufficient agricultural village in Turkey, religion, politics, military, metal working, trade, tool making, artisans | 1 | |
| 32505907 | Civilization | job Specialized, advanced tech, institutions, record keeping, specifically writing, Clearly defined sense of other: barbarian, nomad | 2 | |
| 32505908 | Mesopotamia | Sumer in S. Iraq was first civilization | 3 | |
| 32505909 | Sumer | Polytheistic religion, Cuneiform, sciences, math aided farming, city-states, Warlike society with slavery, Land owning, trade | 4 | |
| 32505910 | Later Mesopotamians | Akkad & Babylon | 5 | |
| 32505911 | Cycle of Civilization | Nomads come in and conquer sedentary people, Conquerors assimilate local sedentary culture, New civilization blends cultures, thrives for a while, "New" civilization grows old, invaded by nomads | 6 | |
| 32505912 | Akkad | First Empire, Sargon conquered all of Sumer | 7 | |
| 32505913 | Babylon | Where Tigris-Euphrates come together, Hammurabi's Law Code was world's first | 8 | |
| 32505914 | Egypt | Society very different from Sumer | 9 | |
| 32505915 | Nile | flooded regularly, predictably, Provided rich soil, Easy soil to farm, Civilization regulated flooding, surveying | 10 | |
| 32505916 | Egypt location | isolated | 11 | |
| 32505917 | Pharaoh | considered god-king, Theocracy, almost absolute, Built pyramid tombs for dead | 12 | |
| 32505918 | Egypt was ... for most of history | unified | 13 | |
| 32505919 | egypt Achievements | Mathematics especially geometry; architecture, Sciences, Medicine, Religion was positive, egalitarian, Art was both secular and sacred | 14 | |
| 32505920 | Indus Valley Arose around | 2,500 BCE | 15 | |
| 32505921 | main cities of Indus Valley | MohenjoDaro, Harappa | 16 | |
| 32505922 | Indus valley political | Independent city-states, strong government | 17 | |
| 32505923 | indus valley cites were | Extremely well-planned, coordinated cities | 18 | |
| 32505924 | indus writing | Elaborate writing system(undeciphered) | 19 | |
| 32505925 | indus valley religin | Religion worshipped mother goddess | 20 | |
| 32505926 | indus valley fight? | Little evidence of warfare until end | 21 | |
| 32505927 | indus valley Devastated | by environmental upheavals | 22 | |
| 32505928 | indus valley Destroyed by | Indo-European (Aryan) nomads | 23 | |
| 32505929 | China Developed in | isolation (like Egypt) | 24 | |
| 32505930 | china dynasty | Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty | 25 | |
| 32505931 | Xia Dynasty (Mythical?) | God-like kings, Taught irrigation, sericulture | 26 | |
| 32505932 | Shang Dynasty | Warlike kings, landed aristocracy; few priests, Most people worked land as peasants,Elaborate bronze workings; naturalistic art, Human sacrifice | 27 | |
| 32505933 | CHINESE WRITING Ideographic | Writing denotes ideas, Cuneiform, hieroglyphs had similar effects | 28 | |
| 32505934 | First used on Oracle Bones | Priests asked gods questions, Wrote questions on bones, Tossed into fire; cracks read by priests (divination) | 29 | |
| 32505935 | CHINESE WRITING Elitist technique | scholar-bureaucrats, Extremely difficult to read, Required well-educated class to use, Only elite had time to learn | 30 | |
| 32505936 | Zhou Dynasty | Overthrow Shang, adopt most of the culture, Justify conquest with Mandate of Heaven, Control through Feudalism, Built roads & canals, Coined money, Government workers, Use of IRON | 31 | |
| 32505937 | Feudalism | Land belongs to ruler, but high ranking nobles have use of the land in return for loyalty | 32 | |
| 32505938 | DYNASTIC CYCLE | One ruling family replaces another, The Dynasty Changes, Due to the loss of the Mandate of Heaven | 33 | |
| 32505939 | Stages in Cycle | New dynasty arises, takes control of China, Strengthens rule, reestablishes prosperity, peace, Weakens, becomes lazy, problems arise,Invasions, revolts toss out reigning dynasty | 34 | |
| 32505940 | china cycle | Xia is replaced by Shang , Shang replaced by Zhou | 35 | |
| 32505941 | MANDATE OF HEAVEN | Chinese political idea | 36 | |
| 32505942 | MANDATE OF HEAVEN Chinese political idea | Rulers exercise power given by heaven.Rulers continue to rule if heaven pleased. Heaven will take back mandate to rule Heaven will replace ruling dynasty | 37 | |
| 32505943 | Indicators of a Lost Mandate | Wars, invasions, military disasters, Over-taxation, disgruntled peasants, Social, moral decline of elite classes, Increased crime, banditry | 38 | |
| 32505944 | Zhou rule from about | 1027 BCE -256 BCE | 39 | |
| 32505945 | Zhou Gradually | loose control | 40 | |
| 32505946 | Warring States Period after Zhou | 500 years | 41 | |
| 32505947 | after zhou chinese | Chinese civilization begins to decline | 42 | |
| 32505948 | Olmec in | in Mesoamerica | 43 | |
| 32505949 | Olmec traits | Polytheistic, astronomy, Ritual ballgames, Irrigation and drainage canals, Most were farmers, Giant carved stone heads, Jaguar, Not united politically | 44 | |
| 32505950 | Chavin in | in South America | 45 | |
| 32505951 | Chavin traits | Polytheistic, Jaguars, Square stone architecture, no mortar, Agricultural based on maize, Lived on coast, in mountains, & in jungle, Unified politically, Public works operated with reciprocal labor obligations, Priests have the highest status, most were farmers | 46 |
