MCA Flashcards
MASTER BOI
Fertile lands facing the Mediterranean
Fertile crescent
Land between rivers
Mesopotamia
Acted as a little country
City state
A family of rulers for generations
Dynasty
When an idea goes from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
belief in many gods
polytheism
empire
many people under one ruler
ruler of Babylonia and Hammurabis code writer
Hammurabi
triangle of water
delta
A king that united upper Egypt
Narmer
King god
Pharaoh
religion is government
theocracy
resting place for pharaohs
pyramid
preserving bodies
mummification
sacred carvings with pictures
hieroglyphics
reeds used as paper
papyrus
human made objects
Artifact
A peoples unique way of life
culture
the first creatures to walk upright
hominid
old Stone Age 2.5 mill to 8,000 BC
Paleolithic age
New Stone Age 8000-3000 BC
neolithic age
ways of applying knowledge to tools
technology
modern humans
Homo sapiens
people who left places for plants and water
Nomad
People who hunted and gathered for survival
Hunter Gatherer
the beginning of farming
Neolithic revolution
cut down trees and burn them for nutrient soil
Slash and burn farming
taming of animals
domestication
A long pattern of organization in a community
institution
A writing system
cuneiform
People focusing on specific jobs
specialization
Skilled workers who made goods by hand
artisan
an ancient writer
scribe
when people started to use bronze rather than copper / started in 3000BC
Bronze Age
trade
barter
pyramid shaped structure
ziggurat