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Chapter 1: From the Origins of Agriculture to the First River Valley Civilizations Flashcards

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What is civilization?

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Ambiguous, describes a more complex society or group sharing cultural traits.

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What are the eight traits of civilization?

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Artistic and scientific advancements, building of monuments, specialized labor, cities as administrative centers, long distance trade, status distinctions, political system based on control of territory and not kinship, record keeping

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What are the eight traits of civilization?

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Artistic and scientific advancements, building of monuments, specialized labor, cities as administrative centers, long distance trade, status distinctions, political system based on control of territory and not kinship, record keeping

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What is culture?

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Socially transmitted plans of action and expression

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What is culture?

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Socially transmitted plans of action and expression

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What is history?

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The study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices.

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What is the stone age?

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Historical period categorized by tools made of stone and other nonmetal substances

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What is Paleolithic?

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The period of early stone age associated with the evolution of early humans

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What is Neolithic

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The period of stone age associated with the Agricultural Revolutions

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What is history?

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The study of past events and changes in the development, transmission, and transformation of cultural practices.

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What are foragers?

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Hunter gatherers

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What are the Agricultural Revolutions?

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The change from food gathering to food production

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What is the stone age?

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Historical period categorized by tools made of stone and other nonmetal substances

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What are megaliths?

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Structures and complexes of very large stone possibly constructed for certain ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times

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Sumerians

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People who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium BCE responsible for much of Mesopotamian culture.

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What is Paleolithic?

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The period of early stone age associated with the evolution of early humans

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Semitic

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Family of related languages spoken across parts of Western Asia and North Africa

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City-state

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Small independent state consisting of an urban center surrounded by agricultural territory

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What is Neolithic

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The period of stone age associated with the Agricultural Revolutions

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Babylon

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The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia

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Hammurabi

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Amorite ruler, conquered many Mesopotamian city-states, best known for Hammurabi’s Code

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What are foragers?

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Hunter gatherers

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Scribe

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Professional position reserved for men with much training, must read and write

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Ziggurat

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Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks, function unknown

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What are the Agricultural Revolutions?

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The change from food gathering to food production

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Cuneiform

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System of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represent words or symbols which originated in Mesopotamia

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Bronze

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Alloy of copper and tin, better than copper

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What are megaliths?

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Structures and complexes of very large stone possibly constructed for certain ceremonial and religious purposes in Neolithic times

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Bronze Age

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Era when bronze was the primary metal for tools and weapons

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Sumerians

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People who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium BCE responsible for much of Mesopotamian culture.

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Pharaoh

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Central figure in ancient Egyptian state, believed to be earthly manifestation of gods, had absolute power

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Ma’at

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Egyptian term for divinely created and maintained order of the universe

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Pyramid

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Large triangular stone monument used in Nubia and Egypt for tombs and kings

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Semitic

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Family of related languages spoken across parts of Western Asia and North Africa

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Memphis

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Capitol of Old Kingdom Egypt, near head of Nile Delta

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Thebes

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Capitol city of Egypt and home of ruling dynasties during Middle and New Kingdoms

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City-state

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Small independent state consisting of an urban center surrounded by agricultural territory

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Hieroglyphics

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System of writing in which pictoral symbols represented sounds, syllables, and concepts, used in ancient Egypt, required long study, confined to scribes

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Papyrus

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Reed that grows along banks of the Nile used to make earliest form of paper

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Babylon

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The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia

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Mummy

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Body preserved by chemicals or natural cirumstance, often because it is believed the dead will need a body for the afterlife, important in ancient Egypt

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Harappa

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Site of one of the great Indus Valley civilizations

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Hammurabi

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Amorite ruler, conquered many Mesopotamian city-states, best known for Hammurabi’s Code

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Mohenjo-Daro

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Largest of the cities in the Indus Valley civilization, little known, large scale construction, street grid, and standardization of building materials suggests strong central planning

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Scribe

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Professional position reserved for men with much training, must read and write

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Ziggurat

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Massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks, function unknown

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Cuneiform

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System of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represent words or symbols which originated in Mesopotamia

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Bronze

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Alloy of copper and tin, better than copper

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Bronze Age

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Era when bronze was the primary metal for tools and weapons

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Pharaoh

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Central figure in ancient Egyptian state, believed to be earthly manifestation of gods, had absolute power

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Ma’at

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Egyptian term for divinely created and maintained order of the universe

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Pyramid

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Large triangular stone monument used in Nubia and Egypt for tombs and kings

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Memphis

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Capitol of Old Kingdom Egypt, near head of Nile Delta

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Thebes

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Capitol city of Egypt and home of ruling dynasties during Middle and New Kingdoms

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Hieroglyphics

A

System of writing in which pictoral symbols represented sounds, syllables, and concepts, used in ancient Egypt, required long study, confined to scribes

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Papyrus

A

Reed that grows along banks of the Nile used to make earliest form of paper

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Mummy

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Body preserved by chemicals or natural cirumstance, often because it is believed the dead will need a body for the afterlife, important in ancient Egypt

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