Chapter 1 Flashcards
St. Francis of Assisi
Set up the first order of friars (priests)
Serfs
Worked for the vassal and took care of the land
Vassals obligation and loyalty
Served his lord with all loyalty
Paleolithic period
2 million Bc to 10,000 Bc
Pictographs
Writing through pictures
Neolithic period
10,000 Bc (more present)
Polytheistic
Belief in many Gods
Donald Johanson
First person to discover skeleton of early Hominids
Task of archaeologists
Discover material remains, fossils, and bones
Homo Erectus
First humans to use fire
Number one aspect of civilization
The ability to plant crops and farm
Purpose of cave paintings
They were used for religious rituals
Community decisions were enacted by
Council of older men
Steppes
Dry, sparse, grasslands
Artifact examples
Pottery