203544661 | big geography | global nature of world history | 0 | |
203544662 | paleolithic | development of stone tools | 1 | |
203544663 | neolithic | development of human technology | 2 | |
203544664 | neolithic revolution | switch to agriculture, construction of irrigation systems, domesticated animals, increased populations, village/urban life, forced labor systems, elite man power, led to the development of new and more complex economic and social systems | 3 | |
203544665 | examples of improvements in agricultural production, trade, and transportation | pottery, plows, woven textiles, metallurgy, wheels and wheeled vehicles | 4 | |
203544666 | civilization | large societies with cities and powerful states | 5 | |
203544667 | all civilizations... | produced agricultural surpluses, contained cities and generated complex institutions, featured clearly stratified social hierarchies, and organized long-distance trading relationships | 6 | |
203544668 | core and foundational civilizations developed where... | agriculture flourished | 7 | |
203544669 | core and foundational civilizations | mesopotamia, egypt, mohenjo-daro and harappa, shang, olmecs, chavin | 8 | |
203544670 | where was mesopotamia | tigris and euphrates river valleys | 9 | |
203544671 | where was egypt | nile river valley | 10 | |
203544672 | where were the mohenjo-daro and harappa | indus river valley | 11 | |
203544673 | where was shang | yellow river or huang he valley | 12 | |
203544674 | where were the olmecs | mesoamerica | 13 | |
203544675 | where was chavin | andean south america | 14 | |
203544676 | the first states emerged within... | core civilizations | 15 | |
203544677 | early regions of state expansion or empire building were | mesopotamia, babylonia, nile valley | 16 | |
203544678 | culture played a significant role in unifying states through... | laws, language, literature, religion, myths, and monumental art | 17 | |
203544679 | new religious beliefs: | the vedic religion, hebrew monotheism, zoroastrianism | 18 | |
203544680 | examples of trade expansion from local to regional and transregional | between egypt and nubia, between mesopotamia and the indus valley | 19 | |
203544681 | 8 features of a civilization: | arts and agriculture, cities, job specialization, organized/complex religion, public works and infrastructure, social classes, system of writing, well-organized central government | 20 | |
203544682 | PERSIAN | political, economic, religion, social, interactions, arts and agriculture, enviromental | 21 | |
203544683 | paleolithic period- | fire, stone tools, hunter/gatherers, nomads, belief in an afterlife | 22 | |
203544684 | neolithic period- | increasing population, villages, farmers, domesticated animals, women less important | 23 | |
203544685 | afro-eurasia | africa, middle east, asia | 24 | |
203544686 | arts and agriculture | expressed the beliefs and values of the people that created it, statues, jewelry, furniture, temples, palaces, and other monuments | 25 | |
203544687 | cities | frequently surrounded by high walls (defense purposes), system of streets, religious centers, palaces and temples etc. | 26 | |
203544688 | job specialization | surplus of food led to other occupations, artisans, metalworking, soldiers | 27 | |
203544689 | organized or complex religion | most were polytheistic, complex rituals, built temples, sacrifices to gods | 28 | |
203544690 | public works and infrastructure | irrigation systems, bridges, roads, anything made to benefit the city | 29 | |
203544691 | infrastructure | any method of moving goods (roads) | 30 | |
203544692 | social classes | people ranked according to their jobs, rankings=social classes, nobles and priests to artisans to peasants to slaves | 31 | |
203544693 | system of writing | record keeping (food supply and seasons), record rituals and prayers, scribes (write down records) | 32 | |
203544694 | well-organized central government | oversee food supply and irrigation process, warrior kings (heredity rulers), claimed right to rule came from heavens, legal systems, taxes, etc., royal officials or dept.'s oversaw functions and enforced order | 33 | |
203544695 | political | leaders/ groups, forms of government, empires, statue building/expansion, political structures, courts/laws, nationalism/nations, revolts/revolutions | 34 | |
203544696 | economic | agricultural/pastoral, economic systems, labor systems/organizations, industrialization, technology/industry, capital/money, business organizations | 35 | |
203544697 | religious | belief systems/teachings, philosophy, holy books, conversion, key figures, deities | 36 | |
203544698 | social | family/kinship, gender roles/relations, social and economic classes, racial/ethnic factors, entertainment, lifestyles, "haves" and "have-nots" | 37 | |
203544699 | interactions | war/conflict, diplomacy/treaties, alliances, exchanges between individuals, groups, and empires/nations, trade/commerce, globalization | 38 | |
203544700 | arts | art, music, writing/literature, philosophy, math, science, education, architecture, technology, innovations, transportation | 39 | |
203544701 | eNvironnmental | location, physical, human/environment, migration/movement, region, demography, neighborhood, urbanization, settlement patterns, disease, cities (2 major ones) | 40 | |
203544702 | polytheism | the belief in many gods; each god typically has responsibility for one area of life, the most prominent god in many early societies was the Sun God | 41 | |
203544703 | ancestor veneration | based on the belief that the spirits of the dead continue to dwell in the natural world and have the power to influence the fortune and fate of the living | 42 | |
203544704 | shamanism | focus on nature spirits; belief that the shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds | 43 | |
203544705 | vedic religions to hinduism | vedic religions-later known as hinduisn; development of the social and political roes of a caste system and in the importance of multiple manifestations oh Brahma to promote teachings about reincarnation; basic tenants of hinduism are= reincarnation, karma, dharma, and moksha; central belief in the universal spirit; belief in Brahman | 44 | |
203544706 | hebrew monotheism to judaism | monotheism; reflected the influence of mesopotamian culture and legal traditions | 45 | |
203544707 | zoroastrianism | monotheistic relgion developed under the Persians; belief in heaven and hell; unifying god ahura mazda | 46 | |
203544708 | buddhism | core beliefs about desire, suffering, and the search for Enlightenment, basic tenets= four noble truths and the eightfold path | 47 | |
203544709 | confucianism | promote social harmony by outlining proper rituals and social relationships; emphasized the importance of harmony, order, and obedience; if five basic relationships were sound, all of society would be to | 48 | |
203544710 | daoism | founder is Laozi, a spiritualist; religion center on the Dao (way) the original force of the cosmos that is an eternal and unchanging principle that governs all the workings of the world | 49 | |
203544711 | legalism | emphasized that importance of rule of law, or the imperating for laws to govern, not men; punishments for offenders should be harsh and swift | 50 | |
203544712 | christianity | based on core beliefs about teachings and divinity of jesus; it struggles to emerge from the hindu caste system; grew steadily and eventually because the religion with the most followers in the modern world; moral code based on lover, charity, and humility; final judgement day | 51 |
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