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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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11490339596hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
11490339597civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
11490339598neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
11490339599nomadic societieslivestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies3
11490339600cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
11490339601agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
11490339602pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
11490339603Catal HuyukEarly urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification7
11490339604Bronze AgeFrom 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing8
11490339605MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys9
11490339606potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products10
11490339607SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states11
11490339608cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets12
11490339609city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king13
11490339610ziggurata massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections14
11490339611Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.15
11490339612HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law16
11490339613PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs17
11490339614pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs18
11490339615hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform19
11490339616KushAfrican state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries20
11490339617monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization21
11490339618PhoeniciansSeafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean22
11490339619Harappa and Mohenjo DaroMajor urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern23
11490339620AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization24
11490339621Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China25
11490339622Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)26
11490339623OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing27
11490339624ideographic writingPictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing28
11490339625Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.29
11490339626PaleolithicThe period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.30
11490339627Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas31
11490339628eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)32
11490339629toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra33
11490339630Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement34
11490339631patriarchyfather based/male dominated society35
11490339632climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?36
11490339633weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations37
11490339634horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists38
11490339635artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.39
11490339636record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused40
11490339637Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.41
11490339638Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.42
11490339639MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.43
11490339640Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.44
11490339641Nubia and KushKingdoms upriver from Egypt.45
11490339644Standard of Ur46
11490339645Harappan King or Priest Figure47
11490339642JerichoOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.48
11490339643Catal-HyoukOne of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.49

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