270954741 | foundations period | when civilization occurs due to the development of agriculture/division of labor appears as well as organized religion | 0 | |
270954742 | mesopotamia | where agriculture began | 1 | |
270954743 | china | developed independently with no cultural diffusion | 2 | |
270954744 | agriculture | the most important invention of all time | 3 | |
270954745 | hominids | humanlike creatures | 4 | |
270954746 | homo habilus | humanlike creature that had the ability to make tools (the handyman) | 5 | |
270954747 | homo erectus | humanlike creater that had a bigger brain, could walk straight (may have existed with homo habilus) | 6 | |
270954748 | homo sapiens | aka: neanderthal. taller/bigger brain | 7 | |
270954749 | homo sapiens sapiens | brain is bigger, hands better, stature better, speaking is better "modern man" | 8 | |
270954750 | paleolithic age | age of human development. "old stone age" primarily using stone, some bone and wood | 9 | |
270954751 | cave paintings | found deep into caves. had to be speacial/probably located where special ceremonies took place | 10 | |
270954752 | mesolithic | bridge between paleolithic and neolithic | 11 | |
270954753 | neolithic age | the age of the rise of agriculture/started using copper and bronze/some cities appear | 12 | |
270954754 | civilization | has agricultre, cities, and a form of government | 13 | |
270954755 | tigris and euphrates | flooding of these rivers were catastrophic and can ruin crops. too little flooding caused decrease in crops. | 14 | |
270954756 | Nile | the major cities in Egypt were mostly along what river? | 15 | |
270954757 | giza | where are the 3 major pyramids in Egypt? | 16 | |
270954758 | fertile crescent | has no geographical boundaries/therefore anyone could get to it | 17 | |
270954759 | king menes | first real pharaoh. considered to be the first king of the united upper an dlower Egypt | 18 | |
270954760 | Khufu | father who built the largest of the 3 pyramids | 19 | |
270954761 | khafre | built the second largest pyramid as well as the sphinx (khufu's son) | 20 | |
270954762 | mycerinus | built the smallest pyramid/ khufus grandson | 21 | |
270954763 | farmers | who built the pyramids while the Nile river was flooding? | 22 | |
270954764 | ka | soul. the life force that was lead by Horus to Osiris. | 23 | |
270954765 | mummification | very ritualized process only to be done by certain priests | 24 | |
270954766 | valley of the kings | where underground tombs were found | 25 | |
270954767 | thebes | new kingdom capital | 26 | |
270954768 | sphinx | lions body with a human head (usually a pharaoh's head) carved out of stone | 27 | |
270954769 | temple | built by new kingdom pharaoh Ramses. carved right into the stone side of a mountain | 28 | |
270954770 | monsoons | seasonal winds and rains that play a huge part in Indian history | 29 | |
270954771 | Huang He River (yellow river) | loess gives it a yellow appearance. fairly unpredictable. "river of sorrows" | 30 | |
270954772 | Zhong Guo | "Middle Kingdom" --center of the civilized world. | 31 | |
270954773 | shang dynasty | very first river valley civilization in China. hight developed along Huang River | 32 | |
270954774 | oracle bones | way for the Shang kings to communicate witht the gods | 33 | |
274326553 | catal huyuk | the early neolithic city that developed in Turkey | 34 | |
274326554 | sumerians | the mesopotamian civilization that developed the first system of writing around 3500 BCE. built ziggurats, and employed a system of numbers based on 10, 60, and 360. | 35 | |
274326555 | babylonians | the people, ruled by Hammurabi, who created an empire in the Middle East | 36 | |
274326556 | egypt | what civilization was less open to invasion and more unified politically throughout its ancient history? | 37 | |
274326557 | ideographic symbols | the style of writing developed by the chinese that involved grouping characters together to create new concepts | 38 | |
274326558 | shang | line of kings ruling over china by about 1500 BCE | 39 | |
274326559 | phoenicians | devised a 22 letter alphabet that influenced the Greek and Latin alphabets | 40 |
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