Ap World History Early Man and Agriculture Revolution Flashcards
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| 5758003087 | Homo Sapiens | the humanoid species that emerged as the most successful at the end of the Paleolithic period- common social organization was small bands -thinking humans | 0 | |
| 5758016866 | Paleolithic | old stone age | 1 | |
| 5758021069 | Neolithic | new stone agre | 2 | |
| 5758035332 | Neolithic Revolution | - domestication of plants and animals begins -Villages form, population increases -Need for food surplus and irrigation arises -Political organization begins in order to organize labor for large irrigation projects -Job specialization becomes more complex -Social classes form and social structures become more complex | 3 | |
| 5758037474 | Venus figurines | figures of women with enhanced sexual characteristics, thought to promote fertility | 4 | |
| 5758043257 | Mesopotamia | land between 2 rivers- tigris and Euphrates, where Sumerian civilization emergzes. Very agriculturally fertile region. Tigris and Euphrates flood often and deposit silt on fields around them, and makes soil very nutrient rich. Because flood rivers, building of large complex irrigation systems so they can control water to build crops. Babylon most important city in south mesopotamia in 2nd and 1st millenium BCE. "Epic of gilgamesh" shows life in mesopotamia. Barley main cereal crop in S mesopotamia. | 5 | |
| 5758045870 | Hunter-gather characteristics | A group of people who have no permanent home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and land | 6 |