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Agrarian
· Farming (another word for Agriculture)
· Cultural Continuity:
When one's culture stays the same or doesn't change after a long period of time.
· Migration
· When someone/something leaves one region for another, typically for food or weather reasons
Egalitarian
Equal
Nomadic
constantly moving
Hunter-forager
· Also, hunter-gatherer, someone that hunts and gathers.
Neolithic
· New Stone Age, after Paleolithic era, humans began to domesticate plants and animals.
Surplus
· Abundance of a resource, whether it's food or something else
Agriculture
Farming
· Specialization of labor
Division of labor, people having different jobs
· Metallurgy
Creation of metal tools
· Theocracy:
A religious government
· Monotheism:
Belief in one God
· Karma:
Sum of your deeds, connected to Hinduism, Caste System and Reincarnation Cycle
· Deity:
God
· Cast:
Social class for Hinduism
· Conquest:
When someone takes land/resources from another
· Cultural Diffusion:
When two cultures merge together to create a new culture.
· Satrapies
Persian provinces
isolation
When one is cut off, willingly or forced, from others
Monarchy
a govt. where one man/woman rules
· Contribution
Addition to society/technology
· Deposition
to overthrow a ruler
· Irrigation
Water used for farming
Homo sapiens
· Modern Humans
Paleolithic
· : "Old stone age, 1st and longest time period in human history, humans survived in egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies.
Domestication
· when a plant or animal is tamed, usually by humans
Sedentary
Staying in one place
· Pastoralism
Groups of nomadic peoples who depend on domesticated livestock (like horses) and migrate in an established territory to find pastures for their animals
Patriarchy
Male dominated society
· Civilization:
Complex society that exist within a city
· Cause:
When something leads to another
· Effect: What happens from something
What happens from something
· Class:.
A spot society ranks others based on wealth, jobs, etc
Class divisions:
When people are divided by their class
elite
High ranking individuals, typically control a lot of wealth or land
· Nobility
High ranked members of society, typically own land
· Aristocracy:
Govt. where the landowners control the government
· City-State:
A city that operates as a independent nation
· Dynasty:
When one family rules a region for many years
· Mandate of Heaven:
divine justification to rule China, created during the Zhou Dynasty
· Social inequality:
When people are treated based on class/job/wealth.
· Social stratification:
When people are ranked/treated based on class/job/wealth.
· Social status:
What comes from social classes (power, privilege, etc)
· Hierarchy:
Rank of people, usually connected to social classes
· Polytheism:
Belief in many gods
· Divine
Holy, comes from God, is referring to God
Codification: To write
To write
· Dharma
Your Caste obligations (what you have to do) connected to reincarnation cycle for Hinduism
· Ethnic:
Someone's cultural background, the population/subgroup one is a part of
· Enlightenment:
When you have reached spiritual perfection
· Philosophy:
A way of life, also known as a study of general and fundamental questions regarding life and existence
Religion
set of beliefs usually connected to a God or a prophet
· Reincarnation
Belief that after one die, their soul will be reborn into a new body
· Nirvana
When you reach spiritual enlightenment in Buddhism
· Filial Piety:
Ancestor worship, usually connected to Chinese society.
· Conversion (religious):
Changing your perspective in regards with religion and believing in a new one
· Religious toleration
Accepting of other
people religion's despite it not being your own
· Classical Era:
A time period in history connected to the rise of Persia, Greece and Rome.
· Continuity: When something stays similar or the same for a long period of time
When something stays similar or the same for a long period of time
· Empire:
When one govt., kingdom, ruler, etc. rules a vast amount of land, made up of several different groups of people and kingdoms
Cultural assimilation
When one culture takes from another culture and adds it to themselves.
· Satrap: Persian governor
Persian governor
· Corruption
dishonest or fake conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
· Subordination
When someone is underneath someone else, ex: a slave is subordinate to the king
Centralized (State)
When a country is united, one singular voice controlling the nation.
· Decentralized
When a country is divided, many voices controlling many different aspects of the nation
· Foreign
of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own
· Pantheon
all the gods in a particular religion
· Multiethnic
Many cultures (for example, the Persian Empire and Roman Empire each had people of many different cultures in their empires, so both were multiethnic empires.)
Oligarchy
A govt. where a small group, typically elders, rule the govt.
· Democracy
Govt. in which all citizens have a say in govt.
· Hellenistic
Greek like, referring to a time period in which Greek culture was diffused with Persian, Egyptian and Indian culture.
· Innovation
Advancement in technology
· Advancement
Growth, improvement of something
Forced-labor
People forced to do work, typically without pay.
· Silk Road
A trade route connecting China to Rome, first trade route to travel across Eurasia.