Ch. 11 -- An Explosion Of Complexity

Question 1

Cylinder seal

Answer 1

Mesopotamian system of impressing symbolic notation onto wet clay by using a marked cylinder

Question 2

Hang-t’u

Answer 2

Chinese term for stamped or pounded and compacted earth used to make structures

Question 3

Lung-Shan

Answer 3

Chinese culture that followed the Neolithic Yang-shao – foundation for China’s first complex state: Shang

5000 BP

larger, w/evidence of substantial hang-t’u construction

Cemeteries show clear evidence of a socioeconomically stratified society

Question 4

Rosetta Stone

Answer 4

Discovered in 1799 & bore same message in 3 scripts: Greek & 2 versions of ancient Egyptian written language (demotic & hieroglyphic)

Question 5

Scapulimancy

Answer 5

A process of divining the future in which the scapulae of animals are burned and the pattern of burning and breakage is “read” by a diviner

Question 6

Shang Dynasty

Answer 6

The first Chinese urban civilization