Blue Book Subjects Flashcards
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Neolithic Revolution
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10k-5kBCE
- dramatic changes in subsistence settlement, technology, and population
- excessive water, domestication of plants and animals
- development of bronze
- historical significance BEGINNING OF TRANSFORMATION FROM HUNTER AND GATHERING INTO TOWNS AND VILLAGE W/EXTENSIVE FOOD SURPLUS POPULATION. WRITING WAS IMPLEMENTED BROUGHT ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE
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Olmecs
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- early Stone Age civilization
- stone craftsman
- stone technology, good builders
- writing system, calendar, standardized religious system
- developed on its own w/o exposure to anything else
- historically significant LEFT A LEGACY
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Assyrians
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900-600BCE
- Semitic people
- origins lie in Mesopotamia
- first large scale empire
- urban based
- developed military
- ruled through fear
- destroyed 10 tribes of Israel
- historical significance LAID FOUNDATION. FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT PERSIAN EMPIRES
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Mesopotamia
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- between Tigris and Euphrates
- cradle of civilization during Bronze Age
- rulers were kings supported by religious and military elite
- geographically vulnerable
- historical significance IRRIGATION AND CANAL SYSTEMS (Levi’s and dams)
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Egypt
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3100-1075BCE
- vast empire and civilization built along Nile
- upper Egypt consisted of southern up river lower Egypt consisted of northern down river
- Egyptian rulers led by divine kings
- pantheon of gods
- historical significance 3,000 year span and one of the worlds oldest civilizations
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Hittites
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1700-1180 BCE
- developed cuneiform writing
- collapsed under sea peoples
- indo-European people speaking lang related to Greek and sanskrit
- emerged as military power in Middle East
- forged by tribal horsemen from N. Of Black Sea
- historical significance DISCOVERY OF IRON, CREATED WEAPONS THAT WERE CONSIDERED THE MOST SUPERIOR OF THEIR TIME
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Mediterranean
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3200BCE
- amazingly unique and influential self contained geographical unit spread of culture and trade
- penetrated lightly by food producing economies by 3200BCE
- historical significance MOST CIVILIZATION INFLUENCES PAST FROM MIDDLE EAST HROUGH MEDITERRANEAN
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Minoans
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3600-1100BCE
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-Bronze Age civilization that arose on island of Crete
-traded metals, marble and wine
-got influence from Egypt
-historical significance PALACES WERE MULTI-STORIED INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR STAIRCASES, LIGHT WELLS, MASSIVE COLUMNS, WHICH MADE THEM UNLIKE ANY OTHER AT THIS POINT IN HISTORY
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Mycenaean
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1650-1150BCE
- civilization centered on mainland Greece
- replaced Minoan remnants
- depicted in Iliad and odyssey
- settlements and fortresses located of defensible hilltops surrounded by farmlands
- historical significance BRIEF GOLDEN AGE AND SIGNIFICSNT LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE THUS PLACING THEM INTO A mini dark age
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Harappans
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2500BCE
- largest city along indus that had population of 35,000
- bronze tools, writing, advanced urbanization
- the had planned city layouts, uniform building, standardized weights and measurements
- collapsed under a Flood in 1800-1700
- historical significance complex covered drainage and sewer system (2,000 years before Romans hydraulic engineering)
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Phoenicians
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1500BCE
- established colonies throughout Mediterranean, important merchants and sailors
- reintroduced writing
- historical significance FIRST IN HUMAN HISTORY TO INVENT AN ALPHABET with no vocals
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Hellenistic
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323-146BCE
- new wave of Greek colonization, which established Greek cities and kingdoms in Asia and Africa
- new cities were composed of Greek colonists
- historical significance ALEXANDERS CONQUEST OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE AND THE SPREAD OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
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Zoroastrianism
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- 1000BCE
- quasi-monotheistic Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster
- traditional gods were daemons
- universal contest between chaos and order
- used fire and water in worship
- historical significance INFLUENCED OTHER LARER RELIGIONS (JUDAISM, GNOSTICISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM)
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Eurasian steppe
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Vast steppe Eco region of Eurasian temperate grasslands, Savannah’s, and scrublands biome.
- parni; major group of steppe peoples
- parni; moved to Parthia and adopted dialect then became pathinians
-historical significance STEPPE PEOPLES HAVE BEEN THE MAJOR FORCE IN EURASIAN HISTORY
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Alexander the Great
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- united the Greek states, and founded 70 Greek cities
- son of Philip of Macedon
- tutored by Aristotle until age 16
- took over Greece at age 20
- never lost a battle, conquered 11,000miles east
- historical significance HE SPREAD GREEK CULTURE AND LANGUAGE BY FUSING GREEK CULTURES WITHA ASIAN ELEMENTS CREATING A NEW GREEK CIVILIZATION, LATER CALLED HELLENISTIC
