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hieroglyphs

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Form of writing developed in ancient Egypt; more pictorial than Mesopotamian cuneiform

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Paleolithic

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The period that ended about 3,000 years after the end of the last Ice Age, it lasted until about 10,000 years ago. (Old Stone Age) The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.

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Jericho

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One of the earliest cities: located in modern Israel.

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climatic change

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Permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean, possibly as a response to what?

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Nubia and Kush

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Kingdoms upriver from Egypt.

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city-state

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A form of political organization typical of Mesopotamian civilization; consisted of agricultural hinterlands ruled by an urban-based king

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horses

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name one mode of new transportation by the pastoralists

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Tigris River

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This river's floods were unpredictable.

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Big Geography

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A term that draws attention to the global nature of world history.

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Kush

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African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries

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Mesopotamia

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Literally "between the rivers"; the civilization that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys

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Pharaoh

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The term used to denote the kings of ancient Egypt; the term, "great house" refers to the palace of the pharaohs

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Catal-Hyouk

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One of the earliest cities: located in modern Turkey.

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weapons

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Pastoralists were often the developers and disseminators of of ____ and forms of transportation that transformed warfare in agrarian civilizations

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eglitarian

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equality among people (no social levels)

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monotheism

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The exclusive worship of one god; introduced by Jews into Middle Eastern civilization

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culture

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Combination of ideas, objects, and patterns of behavior that result from human social interaction

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patriarchy

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father based/male dominated society

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tools

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Humans developed a wider range of ____ specially adapted to different environments from tropics to tundra

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pastoralism

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A nomadic agricultural lifestyle based on herding domesticated animals; tended to produce independent people capable of challenging sedentary agricultural societies

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ideographic writing

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Pictograph characters grouped together to create new concepts; typical of Chinese writing

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ziggurat

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a massive tower building usually associated with Mesopotamian temple connections

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potter's wheel

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A technological advance in pottery making; invented circa 6000 B.C.E.; encouraged faster and higher-quality ceramic pottery products

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art

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Elites, both political and religious, promoted ____.

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Neolithic Revolution

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period of change from hunter-gatherer lifesyle to agricultural lifestyles associated with domestication, farming, and settlement

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Bronze Age

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From 4000 to 3000 B.C.E.; increased use of plow, metalworking; development of wheeled vehicles, writing

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Shang

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1st Chinese dynasty (after the legendary Xia)

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hunting and gathering

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Means of obtaining subsistence by humans before the mastery of sedentary agriculture; normally typical of tribal social organization

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Oracles

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Shamans or priests in Chinese society who foretold the future through interpreting animal bones cracked by heat; inscriptions on bones led to Chinese writing

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cuneiform

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A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets

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Sumerians

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People who migrated into Mesopotamia circa 4000 B.C.E.; created the first civilization within the region; organized area into city-states

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Nile River

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This river flooded regularly.

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record-keeping systems

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___ arose independently in all early civilization sand subsequently were diffused

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Aryans

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Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastorialists who replaced Harappan civilization

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Human migration during Paleolithic era

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movement of humans from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas

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pyramids

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Monumental architecture typical of Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs

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Babylonian Empire

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Unified all of Mesopotamia circa 1800 B.C.E.; collapsed due to foreign invasion circa 1600 B.C.E.

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civilization

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Societies with reliance on sedentary agriculture, ability to produce food surpluses, and existence of nonfarming elites, along with merchant and manufacturing groups

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Standard of Ur

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Hammurabi

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The most important Babylonian ruler; responsible for codification of the law

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Mesopotamian

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Unpredictable weather patterns affected the development of the _____ civilization.

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Harappan King or Priest Figure

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Egyptian

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_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years.

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nomadic societies

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livestock hearding societies that do not have a permanent settlement. normally found on the fringes of civilized (urban) societies; commonly referred to as "barbarian" by civilized societies

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Harappa and Mohenjo Daro

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Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern

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Catal Huyuk

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Early urban culture/civiization based on sedentary agriculture; located in modern southern Turkey; larger in population than Jericho, had greater degree of social stratification

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agrarian revolution

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Occurred between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; transition from hunting and gathering to sedentary agriculture

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Huanghe (Yellow) River Basin

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Site of the development of sedentary agriculture in China

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Phoenicians

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Seafaring civilization located on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean; established colonies throughout the Mediterranean

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neolithic

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The New Stone Age between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.; period in which adaptation of sedentary agriculture occurred; domestication of plants and animals accomplished

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