[0.1] Human Development to 600 BCE

food

The first migrations were a result of the search for ____.

agricultural/neolithical revolution

The beginning of farming, herding, and specific jobs.

Mesopotamia

River Valley Civilization:

• city-states

• Ziggurats (temples)

• long-distance trade

• polytheistic (theocracy)

• cuneiform

• Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

• Hammurabi’s Code

Egypt

River Valley Civilization:

• Pharaoh

• Hieroglyphics

• Mathematics

• legal gender equality

Indus

River Valley Civilization:

• indoor plumbing

• layout of urban areas

• undeciphered language

• theocracy

China

River Valley Civilization:

• highly patriarchal & centralized

• special honor to ancestors

• Huang He River

• police & mail system

American civilizations

• Olmec in Mesoamerica

• Chavin in the Andes

Hinduism

In ________, all deities are the expression of one deity, and society is organized into strict castes.

Vedas

The _____ teach how souls are reborn until liberation.

Zoroastrianism

The earliest monotheism that developed in Persia.

balance between good and evil

Zoroastrianism focuses on human free will and the _______ _______ ____ ___ ____.

Judaism

_______ is the teachings of Abraham, showing a mutual promise between Yahweh and his chosen people.