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paleolithic age
old stone age end 12,000Bc
neolithic revolution
succession of technology innovation and changes in human organization 8500-3500BC
Neolithic age
new stone age 8000-500 BCE
Bronze age
4000 to 3000 B.C increased plow metal work
Civilization
Societies distinguished by reliance on sedentary agricultulture
Cuneiform
a form of writing devolved bythe summeriems
Mesopotamia
the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris and Euphrates river
City state
A form of political orgization
ziggerates
massive towers developed by the sumerians
Hammurabis code
code was one of the earliest forms of writing
Partiarchal
all parts of society political economic and cultural ran by men
Monotheism
worship of a single god
confucism
chinses polocy centerted around obying orders
Buddha
major indian and asain religion
hellenism
culture blending indian persian egyption and greek belifes
Ashoka
great muyran ruler
Scholar gentry
land owners could go to school
Monotheistic
Exclusive worship of a single good
Roman republic
The balanced constitution of rome from c.510 to 47 BCE
Julius Creaser
Dictator of the roman republic who effectively ended the republic
Constantine
Roman emperor from 312 to 337 CE established second capital of constipole attempted to use religious force of Christianity to unify empire spiritually
Polis
city state form of government typical of greek political organization 800-900 BCE
Axum
A kingdom in the Ethiopian highland converted to Christianity after trading with roman empire
