Period 1 Flashcards
Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural Revolution: transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers
Bronze Age
Period starting 3k bc, people used bronze for tools/weapons instead of copper or stone
Cultural diffusion
Spread of ideas/products to a dif culture
Harappan civ
Indus Valley civ, rose 7k bc, had sophisticated city planning
Dynastic cycle
Rise, decline, replacement of dynasties
Aryans
Indo-european people, migrated to India 1500 bc
Assyrians
Sw Asia kingdom, large empire 850-612 bc
Satrap
Gov of province of Persian Empire
Royal road
Road in persian empire
Cyrus
550 bc, united kingdoms in persia to form empire, used local gov’t to control
Darius
Succeeded cyrus’s son, spent reign putting down revolts then expanded persian empire to egypt, india, fertile crescent but not greece