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This is a set of notecards of vocab/names/dates to help study for the final exam.
Primary Source
direct source/person who experienced the time period/event
Secondary Source
written later about the event. Not witnessing the event first-hand.
Tertiary Source
packaging secondary sources with some primary sources (not a lot)
Before 10000 BC
Paleolithic Era Dates
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic word meaning
Neolithic Era Dates
10000 BC to between 4000 and 2200 BC
New Stone Age
Neolithic word meaning
5 Main Types of Crops
Wheat, Rice, Corn/Maize, Barley, and Sorghum
6 million
World population in 8000 BC
50 million
World population in 3000 BC
Secondary Products Revolution
What happened when people discovered they could use animals for other things than killing, skinning, and eating
Tigris and Euphrates
Major rivers near Mesopotamia
Between two rivers
Meaning of the word Mesopotamia
Sumer and Babylon
City States of Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Religious and public structure (building) in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Wedge shaped writing of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi’s Law Code
Mesopotamian Law Code- law comes from Gods, provides consistency (not equality.
Lunar Calendar
Type of calendar used by Mesopotamians
Osiris and Isis
Egyptian Gods
Horus
Who the Egyptians believed inhibited the body of Pharaoh
Maat
Egyptian idea of cosmic balance
Solar
Type of calendar used by Egyptians
360
How many days in an Egyptian year
Heiroglyphics
Egyptian form of writing
Egyptians
Developers of the concept of Pi
Caral Supe
Best known site for Norte Chico
Maize
Major crop NOT grown by the people of Norte Chico
Quipo
Record keeping system in Norte Chico (not a form of writing)
Indus Valley
Home of Mohenjo Daro and Harrappa
Indus Valley
Civilization that had standardization and spoked wheels
Increased salt levels
Reason why the Indus Valley civilization was abandoned
Yoga
Exercise from Indus Valley to worship the sun
Vedas
Oldest known Hindu text; collection of stories
Upanishads
Second Hindu text; stories of the universe
Brahman
Hindu term for living universe
Atman
Hindu term for individual soul
Moksha
Unification with Brahman
Samsara
Hindu term for reincarnation
Karma
Hindu concept of being held accountable by the universe for your actions
Caste System
Hindu social structure
Brahmins
Hindu priests/scholars
Flood control
Major development of the Xia Dynasty
1700 BC
Date for the rise of the Shang Dynasty
Shang dynasty
Civilization that created the 9 field system
9 field system
A plot of land is divided into 9 sections 8 are public with the 9th going to the ruler
900 years
Length of rule for the Zhou Dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
Gods look down to Earth to see if the ruler is doing well, if not there is a chance for the people to choose a new ruler
Hebrews
First monotheistic civilization
Yahweh
Name of Hebrew god
12 tribes
Number and type of division of Hebrews
Chiefdom
Ruling system of Olmec
Solar
Type of calendar of Olmec
260
Number of days in Olmec religious calendar
365
Number of days in standard Olmec calendar
Olmec
“Mother Civilization” to Maya and Aztecs
Transformation figures
Reflect Olmec belief of a human soul being part animal
700 BC
Beginning of Transition into iron
Kush
Kingdom south of Egypt that eventually took over Egypt
Meroe
Egyptian/ Kush city that created new method for iron (the answer does not have the special symbols for the letter)
Hyksos
People that conquered Egypt (not Kush)
Taharqa
Kushite pharaoh of Egypt
Piye
Second Kushite pharaoh of Egypt
Jebel Barkal
Egyptian temple with Kushite characteristics
Empire
Classification of cultures that have other people in addition to the main people
Persia
First empire
Darius I
Ruler of Persian Empire
500s BC
Time when Darius I ruled
Zoroastrianism
Religion of Persians
Zoroastir
Creator of Zoroastrianism
Avesta
Holy book of Zoroastrianism
Ahura-Mazda
God of Zoroastrianism
Ahriman
Chaos being in Zoroastrianism
Susa
Capital 1 of Persia
Persepolis
Capital 2 of Persia
Eclecticism
Word for when characteristics are borrowed from another culture
Babylon
Where astrology came from
Hellenic
Term for Greek culture BEFORE Alexander the Great
City states
Ruling system of Greeks
Hubris
Extreme pride in oneself (Greek term)
Peloponnesus
Name of peninsula where Greeks live
Philosophy
Word that means “love of wisdom”
Thales of Miletus
First known person to accurately predict a solar eclipse
Pythagoras
Created Pythagorean theorem
Democritus
Had idea for atom
Cleisthenes
Greek tyrant focused on the structure and system of Athens
508 BC
Year that Cleisthenes ruled
Phalanx
Group of soldiers with spears that is highly maneuverable
Hoplite
Individual Soldier in Phalanx
Republic
Term for government where people get to choose who represents them
10
Number of wards in Athens
Council of 10
Senate-like council in Athens
Council of 500
Council in Athens with 50 men per ward
1 year
Term limit of government leaders of Athens
Persian Wars
Wars between Greece and Persians
490 BC
Year of first Persian War
480 BC
Year of second Persian War
Xerxes
Ruler of Persia during second Persian War
Thermopylae
Land battle between the Spartans and Persians in the second Persian War
Salamis
Naval battle between Spartans and Persians in the second Persian War
Delian League
Formal cooperation of Greek city states
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