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L02 Stone Tools Early Civilization Flashcards

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‘eat when catch’ to ‘leave best for next year’

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+2% Surplus of FoodCreated:-Division of labour-specialization-political elite-first town

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Before 3200 BC

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Prehistoric Period

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Early Agriculture (Mesopotamia)

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14,000 - 10,000 BC

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Domestication of Farm Animals

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7500 BC

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First Civilization

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Sumerians

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2100 BC

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Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to Nanna

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Oldowan (flake) tools

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2.5 mil - 1.5 mil yr ago

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Lucy (Australipithecus)

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3.2 mil years ago

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14,000 - 10,000 BC

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Early Agriculture (Mesopotamia)

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10
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Rivers of Mesopotamia

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Tigris and Euphrates

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2.5 mil - 1.5 mil yr ago

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Oldowan (flake) tools

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The Plow

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4000 BCCreated:-First civilizations (Sumerian + Egyptian)-First monumental buildings (Ziggurats + Pyramids)-First cities (Uruk and Ur)

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13
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1 mil yr ago

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Domestication of fire

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14
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7500 BC

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Domestication of Farm Animals

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15
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Turkana boy (homo erectus)

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1.5 mil yrs sgo

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2.5 mil - 10,000 yr ago

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Paleolithic Period

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‘alphabet’ in cuneiform

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3000 BC

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4000 BCCreated:-First civilizations (Sumerian + Egyptian)-First monumental buildings (Ziggurats + Pyramids)-First cities (Uruk and Ur)

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100,000 yr ago

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Homo Sapiens Sapiens

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Rivers of Mesopotamia

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Uruk4000 BC

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First City

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First City

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Uruk4000 BC

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Invention of writing

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Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to Nanna

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3000 BC

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‘alphabet’ in cuneiform

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Africa - 2.5 mil yr ago

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Birthplace of Technology

27
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Clock and Calendar

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Invention to organize/synchronize:-gov’t-religion-taxation-irrigation-observe nature

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1.5 mil yrs sgo

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Turkana boy (homo erectus)

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Invention to organize/synchronize:-gov’t-religion-taxation-irrigation-observe nature

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Clock and Calendar

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Paleolithic Period

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2.5 mil - 10,000 yr ago

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Domestication of fire

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1 mil yr ago

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1900 BC

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Sumerians and Ur destroyed by Amorites (Babylonians)

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+2% Surplus of FoodCreated:-Division of labour-specialization-political elite-first town

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‘eat when catch’ to ‘leave best for next year’

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Birthplace of Technology

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Africa - 2.5 mil yr ago

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First Town

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Catalhoyuk 6000 population-Standardization of construction-mud bricks-chimney doors-ruled by those controlling food surplus

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Sumerians and Ur destroyed by Amorites (Babylonians)

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Catalhoyuk 6000 population-Standardization of construction-mud bricks-chimney doors-ruled by those controlling food surplus

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First Town

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3.2 mil years ago

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Lucy (Australipithecus)

39
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Prehistoric Period

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Before 3200 BC

40
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Sumerians

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First Civilization

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1.5 mil - 100,000 yr ago

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Acheulean (core) tools

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Acheulean (core) tools

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1.5 mil - 100,000 yr ago

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3200 BC

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Invention of writing

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Homo Sapiens Sapiens

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100,000 yr ago

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