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Pre-History
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1. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Beaker people
Late Harappan
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Early Woodland Period
2. AD 800-1500 -European contact -maize based agriculture - still hunting/gathering - but dependent on agriculture - large - fortified settlements - ceremonial centers such as Cahokia and Etowah.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Late Harappan
Preceramic
Mississippian
3. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
V. Gordon Childe
Sumerian
V. Gordon Childe
4. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Badari
Bronze Age
Early Intermediate
First Intermediate Period
5. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Adena Complex
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Neolithic (Egypt)
Badari
6. 3200-2600 BC -trade between lowland farmers and craft-producers in Indus Valley - villages located in the floodplain. Fortified towns with flood control. Site of Kot Diji.
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Early Indus
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Second Intermediate Period
7. 2500 BC in Czech Republic -early part-time specialists -use of a smelting kin. Gradual accumulation of changes - 2200 BC -plow agriculture - increased clearing of forests - increasing populations and social complexity - 1300 BC -many local centers us
Bronze Age
New Kingdom
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Formative
8. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Middle Kingdom
Poverty Point
Iron Age
Iron Age
9. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Samarra
Johnson
Johnson
Moche State
10. 3000-1800 BC -site of La Paloma -transition from hunters and gatherers to sedentary society. Site of Rio Seco -monumental architecture - social differentiation through house sizes.
Late Horizon
Valley of Oaxaca
Formative
Preceramic
11. Role of priesthood
Religion
Early Indus
Pristine (primary) state
Neolithic (Egypt)
12. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Badari
Maritime villages
Beaker people
Basin of Mexico
13. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Stratification
Iron Age
Early Intermediate
Civilization
14. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
V. Gordon Childe
Moche State
Old Kingdom
Maadi
15. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Johnson
Initial Period
Poverty Point
First Intermediate Period
16. Decision making hierarchies
Basin of Mexico
Johnson
Stratification
Halafian
17. Urban Revolution
Middle Kingdom
Robert Carneiro
V. Gordon Childe
Late Intermediate
18. 3200-2600 BC -trade between lowland farmers and craft-producers in Indus Valley - villages located in the floodplain. Fortified towns with flood control. Site of Kot Diji.
Early Indus
First Intermediate Period
Robert Carneiro
Samarra
19. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Late Horizon
Iron Age
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Formative
20. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Late Woodland
Hassuna
Uruk
21. Hierakonpolis - Nagada - and This -increasing complexity and stratification - irrigation - bureaucracy - hieroglyphic writing. Know the difference between Upper Egyptian (southern) and Lower Egyptian (north) kingdoms. Dynastic Unification- 3050 BC -U
Late Harappan
William Rathje
Adena Complex
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
22. AD 600-1000 - state of Tiwanku in southern Peru - utilized raised field agriculture - in the highland area - large llama herds - massive stone architecture and large trade in copper. Huari -located in the highlands - monumental architecture - investm
Middle Kingdom
Middle Horizon
First Intermediate Period
Mature Harappan
23. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Poverty Point
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Pristine (primary) state
Robert Carneiro
24. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Beaker people
Sumerian
Late Intermediate
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
25. Role of priesthood
Moche State
Religion
Poverty Point
Civilization
26. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Adena Complex
Early Intermediate
Civilization
Pristine (primary) state
27. 1500 BC -earliest farming communities. San Jose Mogote -initially a 7 ha site. Appears relatively egalitarian - religious/public structures -later (1150 BC) increase to 70 ha in size. Social differentiation indicated by house size and burials. more e
Valley of Oaxaca
Civilization
Second Intermediate Period
Formative
28. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Varna
Hassuna
Sumerian
29. Trade and Exchange
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
William Rathje
Olmec
Bronze Age
30. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Olmec
New Kingdom
Badari
Varna
31. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Robert Carneiro
Old Kingdom
Neolithic (Egypt)
First Intermediate Period
32. 2700-2000 BC -occupied large area of Europe -burial mounds with beakers and copper implements - small individual family dwellings. Stonehenge 2700 BC -predate Druids - calendrical devices
Sumerian
Beaker people
Varna
Pristine (primary) state
33. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Olmec
Early Intermediate
Samarra
First Intermediate Period
34. Trade and Exchange
Maritime villages
Uruk
William Rathje
Preceramic
35. 3000-1800 BC -site of La Paloma -transition from hunters and gatherers to sedentary society. Site of Rio Seco -monumental architecture - social differentiation through house sizes.
Samarra
Religion
Second Intermediate Period
Preceramic
36. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Maritime villages
Samarra
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
37. 2700-2000 BC -occupied large area of Europe -burial mounds with beakers and copper implements - small individual family dwellings. Stonehenge 2700 BC -predate Druids - calendrical devices
Beaker people
Johnson
Civilization
New Kingdom
38. Hydraulic hypothesis
Religion
Karl Wittfogel
Nagada
Neolithic (Egypt)
39. 900-200 BC -site of Chavin de Huantar -'Mother Culture' -broad art style. change in textiles and metal working. Soldering of metal. continuance of U-shaped platform mounds. Llamas used for trade.
Pristine (primary) state
Late Horizon
Preceramic
Early Horizon
40. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Nagada
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Late Intermediate
Characteristics of state level societies
41. AD 1476-1532- Inca -super state unifying highlands and lowlands - gradually added territory - massive architecture - split inheritance -pass position - but not wealth. Use of corvee labor - expansive roads - quipu. Sites of Cuzco and Machu Picchu
Early Horizon
Samarra
Merimbda
Late Horizon
42. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Mature Harappan
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Pristine (primary) state
43. AD 600-1000 - state of Tiwanku in southern Peru - utilized raised field agriculture - in the highland area - large llama herds - massive stone architecture and large trade in copper. Huari -located in the highlands - monumental architecture - investm
Merimbda
Stratification
Middle Horizon
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
44. Hierakonpolis - Nagada - and This -increasing complexity and stratification - irrigation - bureaucracy - hieroglyphic writing. Know the difference between Upper Egyptian (southern) and Lower Egyptian (north) kingdoms. Dynastic Unification- 3050 BC -U
Early Woodland Period
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
William Rathje
Merimbda
45. Hydraulic hypothesis
Mature Harappan
Moche State
Karl Wittfogel
New Kingdom
46. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Poverty Point
Middle Woodland Period
Religion
Halafian
47. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
New Kingdom
V. Gordon Childe
Early Indus
Halafian
48. 5000-3500 BC- Located in arid delta of tigris and euphrates - hierarchical settlements - larger communities (2500-4000 people) ceremonial centers around temples. Communities linked through trade networks. More complex irrigation systems. Site of Erid
Karl Wittfogel
Johnson
Ubaid
First Intermediate Period
49. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Late Woodland
Badari
Varna
Early Intermediate
50. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Johnson
Secondary State
Merimbda
Formative