Chapter 1 Flashcards

271532931	Paleolithic Age	1.Old Stone Age 2.Lasted until 14,000 years ago	1
271532932	Neolithic Revolution	1. Development of agricultural societies 2. Began in Middle East around 10,000 BCE	2
271532933	The Neolithic Revolution allowed...	1. People to settle more permanently in one spot 2. Increased levels of specialization 3. Increased population	3
271532934	Hunter-gatherers resisted this as long as possible...	Neolithic Revolution	4
271532935	Civilization	Characterized by cities, monuments, writing, and formal states	5
271532936	The first civilizations	River-valley civilizations	6
271532937	Where the earliest civilizations began	Middle East	7
271532938	Tigris-Euphrates Civilization	Developed among the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia; started from scratch	8
271532939	Sumerians	Influenced the people of Tigris-Euphrates; develped cuneiform; polytheistic	9
271532940	Cuneiform	The first known human writing	10
271532941	Polytheistic	Many gods in aspects of nature	11
271532942	Babylonians	Developed Hammurabi's law code	12
271532943	Egyptian Civilization	Along Nile River; built massive pyramids to be used as tombs (requiring slave labor); featured durable and centralized institutions	13
271532944	Indian Civilization	Along Indus River; developed distinct alphabet and artistic forms	14
271532945	Chinese Civilization	Formed along the Huang (Yellow) River; isolated; had advanced technology and intellectual life	15
271532946	Developments of early civilizations	The wheel, alphabets, mathematics, divisions of time	16
271532947	Four centers of civilization	Middle East, Egypt, China, India	17