Period 1 Review- Princeton Flashcards
Foraging society
Small groups of people who traveled from point to point as the climate and availability of plants and animals dictated
Pastoral society
Characterized by the domestication of animals
Often found in mount opus regions
Cuneiform
Form of writing developed by the Sumerians
Polytheistic
Worship in multiple gods
-most early civilizations
Ziggurat
Sumerian temples
Code of Hammurabi
- first known law codes
- distinguished between major and minor laws
Pharaohs
Egyptian rulers
Hieroglyphics
A system that contained pictures which represented words
- used by Egyptians
Mummification
Egyptians believed they could use their body in the after life so the preserved there bodies through mummification(only for elite members)
Pyramids
Built by Egyptian Pharaohs to house their mummification bodies and earthly treasures to take their early bodies
River valley
N
Calendar
Developed by Sumerians
-helped increase agriculture a lot
Hinduism
V
The Vedas
G
The Upanishads
B