Hy 104 Flashcards (ch 6) Flashcards

Prof. Nail's Hy 104 World History course. Chapter 6, Early Societies: Americas and Oceania

303374948	Olmec	The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., the Olmec people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction. (86)
303374949	San Lorenzo	the first Olmec ceremonial center that arose about 1200 B.C.E.
303374950	Kaminaljuyu	Thia Southern Mayan city had many impressive structures including a necropolis complex.
303374951	Maya	a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
303374952	Chichen itza	A large small city Mayan kingdom. They accoustomed captives into their own society. Organzied an empire that brought political stability to northen Yucatan, who it lost its empire to.
303374953	Chavin	the first major South American civilization, which flourished in the highlands of what is now Peru from about 900 to 200 B.C.
303374954	Popol Vuh	Mayan creation epic, taught that god created humans out of maize and water.
303374955	Teotihuacan	A powerful city-state in central Mexico (100-75 C.E.). Its population was about 150,000 at its peak in 600.
303374956	Mochica	Pre-Incan South American society (300-700) known for their brilliant ceramics.
303374957	Lapita	Society from New Guinea to Tonga (1500-500 B.C.E.) with agricultural villages, networks of trade and communication, and hierarchical chiefdoms.