Narritives

TESST

8 traits of civilization

CIties

job specializations

social hierarchy

Writing

religon

organized government

Infrastructure

Art and Architecture

Narratives

The stories that we tell to explain ourselves/events

Ethnocentrism

favoritism of one culture at the expense of another

prehistoric

history that we no record of because of lack of written language

Neolithic Revoution

Invention of farming/domestication of animals

Animism

belief that objects/animals have spirits

Agrarian

farming and cultivation of land

Meritocracy

Government where people are selected based on their skill OR your given your rank based on your skill

Theocracy

Nation with NO separation of church and state

Oligarchy

government ruled by a few powerful (and usually rich) people

Direct Democracy

every citizen votes on every issue (slow)

Representative Democracy (republic)

citizens vote for a representative to represent them

monotheism

Belief in a single supreme being

cultural diffusion

process of beliefs, ideas, styles, and traditions, spread from one society to another, differentiating

Cultural Syncretism

process of cultures blending their beliefs and traditions to create a new

Consensus

general agreement (NOT UNANIMOUS)

Tyranny

Cruel leader (usually a dictator)

Urbanization

process where cities grow larger and more populated; concentration of humans in a place over time

City-State

Independent state existing of a single city and its surrounding area

Kingdom

Large area (with multiple cities) under the control of a single monarch

Empire

When a kingdom invades others, having more than one culture. The act of building an empire: Imperialism

Julius Caesar

-Roman dictator

-represented plebeians (poor)

-stabbed 23 times

-moved Rome from a republic to a dictatorship

- war general

-conquered Gual

-Helped Pompey and Creatus make up (the consuls)

Roman government