A form of social organization in which males dominate females
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Agricultural Revolution
The change from food gathering to food production. Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.
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city-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
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hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing system
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monumental architecture
Large structures, such as pyramids, temples, public spaces, and large statues, that generally appear wherever powerful leaders emerge.
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First civilization: africa (200,000-250,000 years ago)
Homio sapiens begin to inhabitat grasslands of AfricaLiving in kinship groups. Hunting and gathering (stone blade and points). evidence of social and symbolic behavior.
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how many years ago did men travel into asia?
100,000 years ago
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how many years ago did men travel into Europe?
40,000 years ago
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Eurasian technology during Part 1
spears, bows, needles, weaving baskets, and pottery
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When does the start of the prologue start?
1200 BCE
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where did the original farmers come from?
southeast Asia or more specifically mesopotamia
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how many years ago did men travel into Australia?
50,000 years ago
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what were some of the characteristics of agriculture?
-permanent settlements, rising temperature, population growth, new technology, knowledge of food production, specialization
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how many years ago did men travel into the Americas?
10,000 years ago
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how many years ago did men travel into the pacific?
3,500 years ago
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Australian societies
-more complex understanding of the world known as dream time. networks of migration. egalitarian societies. patriarchy.
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American societies
-clovis point technology; allowed hunting of larger animals.
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pacific societies
-ocean going canoes and open water navigation. intention of colonization. highly stratified.
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The first civilizations
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus river valley, China, non-river valley civilizations of Americas
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what are the similarities of all the first societies?
they live near water
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River valley societies
Nile river valley (north africa), Yellow river valley (east asia), Indus river valley (south asia), mesoamerica, andes mountains
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civilization
a society that has a city
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hierarchy
A group organized by rank
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written language of mesopotamia
Cuneiform
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famous literature about life
-Epic of Gilgamesh (mesopotamia), book of the dead (egypt), Rig veda (indus river valley)
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what religion emerged from indus river valley?
hinduism
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hinduism
A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms
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what religion did the persians give us?
zoroastrianism
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what religion did hebrews give us?
judaism
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how did kings consolidate their power?
claim divinity
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What did pastoralists do?
travel from one civilization to another spreading different cultures and ideas as they went
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what becomes the fundamental principle for indian society?
hinduism (especially its teaching on caste)
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Hindu Caste System
hierarchal strutcure where a person can move up a caste in their next life if they did good in their current one
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what religion did hinduism lead to?
buddhism
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what's the difference of hinduism and buddhism?
hinduism has a caste system and multiple gods
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silk road
a series of ancient trade networks connecting china, europe, and the middle east
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universalizing religions
religions that appeal to people.
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mandate of heaven
the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods.
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Daoism
A religion in China which emphasizes the removal from society and to become one with nature.
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civil service exam
an examination conducted in India, used to appoint careers.
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diaspora
A dispersion of people from their homeland
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entrepot
commercial center where goods are received and reshipped
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main teaching of buddhism?
life is suffering- reason we suffer is because of desire- stop suffering by killing desire
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The eightfold path
In Buddhism, the basic rules of behavior and belief leading to an end of suffering
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what arose from judaisim
christianity
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what did jesus preach?
salvation is not by means of behavior but by believing in his own saving of death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins
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what were the 2 seperations of christianity?
roman catholics and orthodox christians
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Confucianism
A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
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why did confucianism become so important for china?
provided a predictable way of ordering society based on a hierarchal structure
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what unified china after the warring states period?
confucianism
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what is a continuity during chinese history
confucianism
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what was one of the consequences of frequent war between different empires?
exchange of technology
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Achaemenid empire (550-330 BCE) Persian empires
emperor used people called satraps to govern affairs of different districts and produced a highway system to move armies(overextended/taken by alexander the great
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two persian empires
achaemenid empire and Parthian empire
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chinese empires
qin and han dynasties
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who established the philosophy of legalism
Qin shi Huangdi
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Han dynasty
-diplomatic patterns with Roman empire. more advanced technology. began construction of the great wall. unified government through common culture. canals linking north and south.
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mediteranean empires
-Phoenician city states, the greeks, the romans
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how did the phoenician city states establish colonies?
democracy and trade
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who gave us the alphabet and taught us to read from left to right?
phoenicians
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who gave ideas of citizenship and democracy?
Greeks
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Romans
-encouraged spread of people throughout empire to solidify roman culture
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did the east side or west side of rome last longer?
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