WHAP - unit 0 vocab

paleolithic period

development of stone tools and art, bone artifacts, and cave paintings that started 2.5 million years ago

patriarchy

domination by males

neolithic revolution (sometimes ag rev)

10,000 years ago where the climate was warming up from the Ice Age; a collection of social and political developments

animism

the belief that animals, rivers, and other elements of nature embody spirits

bronze age

prehistoric period that followed the Stone Age and preceded the iron Age when certain weapons and tools became made of bronze instead of stone

hunter forager

people who survived by hunting animals and foraging for seeds, nuts, fruits, and edible roots

domestication

process where plants or animals are tamed to be utilized for human resources supply

nomadic pastoralism

people moving herds of animals from pasture to pasture based on the seasons

kinship group

several families that moves in together in search of food

social stratification

the hierarchical arrangement of individuals into divisions of power and wealth within a society

fertile crescent

overlaps with Mesopotamia, cradle of civilizations and hearth of ag, irrigation, and wheat

carthage

most powerful city in the region bc of proximity to trade routes and harbor on the Mediterranean

desertification

fertile land becomes desert through drought or deforestation

huang he

birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization (yellow river in China)

mesoamerica

middle of America, hearth of corn and beans

oceania

collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean

division of labor

specialized jobs for something limited

monotheism

worship only 1 deity

polytheistic

worshiping many gods

jewish diaspora

the dispersion of Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian Exile

hindi

a language in India

ancestor veneration

practice of honoring one’s ancestors

papyrus

the writing support invented by the Ancient Egyptians

city-states

independent, each with its own government

phoenicians

people who occupied the coast of the Levant (eastern Mediterranean)

hittites

ancient group of Indo-Europeans who moved into Asia Minor and formed and empire at Hattusa

dravidians

southern-indian language

mohenjo - daro and harappa

site containing the remains of what was once the largest city of the Indus civilization

olmec

they made and traded rubber throughout Mesoamerica

aboriginals

relating to the people who have been in a region from the earliest time

hammurabi

sixth and best-known ruler of the 1st (Amorite) dynasty of Babylon

zhou dynasty

royal dynasty of China that existed from 789 years from 1046 BC to 256 BC

clan

large group of relatives

tribe

multiple clans combined into a larger unit

polynesia

islands within the Polynesian Triagle