Unit 0 Albert Flashcards
Traditionally defined early complex societies included
Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Andes, Yellow River Delta, Indus River Delta
TDECS characteristics
- finding food through hunting and gathering
- building city-states
- artisans, merchants, religious practice
- they believed in private property leading to
the earliest legal codes - Hammurabi’s
code
what allowed for TDECS
an agricultural surplus
early hunter-gathering societies
- The primary goal was to provide food and shelter for the community
- finding food through hunting and gathering
what was the result of a surplus of food
people could focus on art - artisans emerged
TDECS
- food production increased led to a surplus of crop yields leading focus away from meeting “basic needs” They sold their surplus & engaged in art - making and trading - weighting systems
what is the mandate of heaven also known as
dynastic cycle
The mandate of Heaven
- began with a beloved leader - people believed he had good qualities because they were gifted to him by heaven
- The leader dies and is replaced by blood line, after a while people no longer like the ruler and believe God wants someone new
- they look for a sign (natural disaster) and leader is replaced
women in Indus River Valley
extensions of their husband - when the husband died the women were expected to commit suicide in a tradition known as “Sati”
what contributed to the most agricultural flourishing in Egypt
The Niles’s predictable flooding patterns
how did the agricultural revolution change societies
changed patterns of subsistence from hunter-gather societies to cultivating seasonal agriculture
Rig Veda
Part of four texts that formed the basis of Hinduism - from India and mostly related to Hinduism
artisans
main focus was creating pottery and art
what societies treated women very similarly
Mesopotamia, The Indus River Valley, and Ancient China
which ancient society has the most rights
Ancient Egypt
