Arch Test 3 Flashcards
Primary characteristics of civilization
economic, organizational and demographic in nature and suggest fundamental changes in societal structure.
established the largest pre-Colombian empire in the Americas did not have a formal writing system in the traditional sense.
Inca
played a very strong organizational role in both Native American and early Chinese civilization.
Kinship
approaches emphasize coordination and regulation roles of emergent institutions.
Integrative
theories stress the role of developing state in the resolution of intra-societal conflicts that emerge from disparities in wealth.
Coercive
What can greatly influence demographic change?
Political and economic strategies
the process or act of being enclosed by either environmental boundaries. Such as mountains, oceans, and rivers, or social boundaries, such as neighboring groups of people.
Circumscription
term used to describe an effect or process resulting from human activity. The creation of pasture from forest through intentional burning is an example. At times, human abandonment of a site or area also can set off environmental changes
Anthropogenic
generally linked with economic transitions in exchange and production.As societies increase in size and organizational complexity, the mechanisms of exchange also shift from face-to face contracts to tribute and marketing.
Rise of Hierarchical Polities
the flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates river in southern Iraq where the world’s first civilization developed. The temple institution became a key focus. They received goods through tribute and then redistributed a portion of them back, the Mesoamerican temples did not.
Mesopotamia
the site with the earliest Mesopotamian temple established by the end of the 6th millennium BC.
Eridu
Mesopotamian center situated amid a network of ancient canals not far from the Euphrates River.
Uruk
what was a key feature of early Mesopotamian civilization?
Large-scale canal irrigation
Harappa and Mheniodaro, South Asian sites are known for their highly developed craft industries. Indus centers had centralized drainage network for individual houses.
Indus Civilization
a major settlement along the Nile whose occupation largely predates the unification of northern and southern Egypt.
Heirakonpolis
a later funerary complex, located close to the ancient capital in Memphis. Some pharos constructed some of the world’s largest pyramids here.
Giza
important node in long-distance trade between the sahara and gold-producing areas to the south during the first millennium A.D.
Jenne-jeno
hard, brown-orange earthenware clay of fine quality often used for architectural decoration, figurines and so on.
Terracotta
rose in Cambodia after 800 ad, the largest most centralized of south Asian polities.
Akankor State
the rulers of Akankor
Chamer
emphasized their divine monarchy and concentrated the wealth and luxury in their hands.
KMR Kinship
known as a ceremonial center in Mesopotamia. They had mud-brick dwellings that have been rebuilt over 50-75 years; some are as tall as 165ft above the surrounding terrain. Ancient irrigation canals also cover the landscape of southwest Asia. One of the first communities to emerge from the primeval sea.
Eridu
Irrigation
The Tigris and Euphrates River provide the water that makes irrigation. Mesopotamian farmers using irrigation can cultivate a variety of crops, including wheat, barely, dates, lentils, olives and oranges and onions. There were also abundant fish in the river.
a new style of painted pottery around 5500bc replacing the monochrome wares that had been made previously
Halafan
: the development of the temple institution and spread of canal irrigation were key features during this time. This period was identified by a widespread of monochrome pottery. Ceramics were made on a slow turning potters wheel.
Ubaid Period
one color, describing pottery decorated with only one color that contrasts with the underlying color of the paste of the vessel.
Monocrhome
a demographic and political core of Southwest Asia for most of the next 400 years.
Sumer
: ancient Mesopotamian rounds structures that often were attached to a rectangular antechamber or annex, resulting in a keyhole shape.
Tholoi
A piece of inscribed stone used by administrators to impress a symbol on wet pieces of clay or bitumen in order to keep track of goods.
Seal Stamp
the ancient practice of seeking knowledge by reading cracks on bones. Symbols were written on an animal’s scapula, the bone was heated until a series of cracks formed; then diviners interpreted the pattern of cracking to foretell the future.
Scapulimancy
a soft stone with a soapy feel that is easy to carve, often referred to as
Soapstone
a hollow clay sphere or envelope used to enclose clay tokens in ancient Mesopotamia.
Bulla
a writing system of ancient Mesopotamia involving a series of wedge-shaped marks to convey a message or text.
Cuneiform
Chinese fleet commander commanded 62 massive sailing vessels with 100 smaller boats taking 30k ppl on a voyage from china to Bengal India. Brought the giraffe back from India, which originally came from Kenya, Africa. He opened an era of pan continental exchange. It diminished shortly after because the Ming dynasty practiced isolationism.
Zheng-he
the interconnectedness of national economies and social networks around the world.
Globalization
In the later Mesopotamia these were the largest and most impressive buildings.
Temples
What created unequal land values, usually the elite got more?
Canal Construction
becomes the central economic force, they are Mesopotamian largest buildings and based on economic and religious functions. They then become redistributive center for agriculture, produce and craft goods.
Temple
a large pyramid in Mesopotamia consisting of many stepped levels. House of mountain was here and the mountain had great religious significance.
Ziggurat
this text tells us that the laws of the gods were unchanging and people were governed by gods’ decision.
the third millennium
4100-3100BC had a giant stepped pyramid the anu ziggurat. Residential were made of white washed mud bricks, rectangular houses built along narrow, winding streets.
Uruk
the officially recognized gods of a people
Pantheon
a type of farming on which the ground cleared by cutting and burning the vegetation on the spot. The burned vegetation serves as natural fertilizer the field is farmed until yields decrease. A Cyclical process of field clearing, cultivation and abandonment.
Slash & Burn
strategically situated to control major inland trade routes emerged as the largest and most important early classic city in the Maya region. First ruling dynasty included several female rulers. mid 500ad lost its power to calakmul, in AD695 jasaw chan k’awiil defeated calakmul and Tikal became very powerful again.
Tikal Site
the study of inscriptions, demonstrated that Mayan society was not egalitarian but it hierarchically organized.
Epigraphy
the classic Maya system of dating that records the total number of days elapsed from an initial date in the distant past, the system is based on multiples of 20. Also coincides with the Maya classic period.
Long count
a set of Maya hieroglyphics, generally each emblem glyph is specific to a Maya city.
Emblem Glyph
a horizontal beam of wood or stone that supports the wall above a door way or window.
Lin Tel
an architectural feature frequently carved with glyphs and figures that is placed atop Mesoamerican temples
Roof Comb
dedicated to jasaw chan k’awiil the 1st
temple 1
the Mayan word for a raised causeway constructed of stone blocks and paved with gravel and plaster
Sacbe
Tikal declining by construction slow down 534-692ad monuments erection practically ceased.
Hiatus
an agricultural field created by swamp drainage or landfill operation along the edges of lakes.
Chinampas
: a tree that grows abundantly in the tropical forest of the maya lowlands and bears an edible fruit, also called breadnut.
Ramon
a stone coffin, usually decorated with sculpture and or inscriptions.
Sacrophagus
: side looking airborne radar, used to locate huge areas of suspected raised field complexes.
Slar
the classic center at the edge of Maya low lands. Situated on a series of hills overlooking the vast gulf coast plane in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. During Pakals rule, Palenque grew in size and expanded its authority over neighboring regions. Lord Pakal was buried in an elaborate tomb beneath the pyramid that supports the temple of inscriptions. He was kinich kan balam 11 his son took over after his father. It was one of the earliest Mayan centers to experience collapse.
Palenque
a small former dependency of Palenque, displayed its own emblem glyph in 771AD suggesting it had achieved independence.
Pomona
who divided their realms into 4 quarters. Each quarter was associated with a specific color?
The Maya and many other native groups in the Americas
who placed the maps consistently placed East at the top of the map suggesting that east was the most dominant direction.
Mayan
when does writing appear?
Early Mesoamerican writing appeared more than 200 years ago.
what are the 4 different pre Hispanic Mesoamerican writing systems?
The Maya
The Sapotec
The mixtec
The Aztec
these were prepared on bark paper or deerskin.
Mixtec & Aztec
these were inscriptions on carved stone.
sapotec
folding books, pottery, wall painting, and large stones. Best known and most deciphered.
mayan system
how were the hieroglyphics read?
from left to right and top to bottom.
written or painted symbol portrays the represented object.
pictograph
written symbol that represent an abstract idea rather than the sound of a word or the pictorial symbol of an object.
Ideograph
pertaining to the sounds of speech
phonetic
what is the smallest long count unit?
the day or kin
20 kins is equal to?
Unial
the 3rd unit consists of what?
18 unials or 360 kin