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From Hunting and Gathering to Civilizations, 2.5 million-1000 B.C.E.: Origins
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12203846200hunting and gatheringMeans of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization0
12203846201civilizationSocieties with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups1
12203846202neolithicThe New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished2
12203846203nomadic 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
12203846204cultureCombination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction4
12203846205agrarian revolutionOccurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture5
12203846206pastoralismA nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies6
12203846207MesopotamiaLiterally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys7
12203846208potter's wheelA technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products8
12203846209SumeriansPeople who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states9
12203846210cuneiformA form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets10
12203846211city-stateA form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king11
12203846212Babylonian EmpireUnified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.12
12203846213HammurabiThe most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law13
12203846214PharaohThe term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs14
12203846215pyramidsMonumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs15
12203846216hieroglyphsForm of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform16
12203846217monotheismThe exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization17
12203846218AryansIndo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization18
12203846219Huanghe (Yellow) River BasinSite of the development of sedentary agriculture in China19
12203846220Shang1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)20
12203846221OraclesShamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing21
12203846222Big GeographyA term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.22
12203846223PaleolithicThe 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.23
12203846224Human migration during Paleolithic eramovement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas24
12203846225eglitarianequality among people (no social levels)25
12203846226toolsHumans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra26
12203846227Neolithic Revolutionperiod of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement27
12203846228patriarchyfather based/male dominated society28
12203846229climatic changePermanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?29
12203846230weaponsPastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations30
12203846231horsesname one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists31
12203846232artElites, both political and religious, promoted ____.32
12203846233record-keeping systems___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused33
12203846234Nile RiverThis river flooded regularly.34
12203846235Tigris RiverThis river's floods were unpredictable.35
12203846236MesopotamianUnpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.36
12203846237Egyptian_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.37
12203846238Euro diseasesSmallpox, measles, diphtheria, influenza, malaria, yellow fever and typhoid nearly wiped put entire indian villages38
12203846239Spanish Silvercommercial and new global economic39
12203846240cod hot spotnorthern european in america40
12203846241ConfucianismThe system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.41
12203846242DoaismReligion that teaches people to give up earthly desires in favor of nature42
12203846243LegalismA Chinese philosophy that was devoted to strengthen and expand the state through increased agricultural work and military service.43

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