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Pre-History
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1. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Sumerian
Civilization
Neolithic (Egypt)
2. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Characteristics of state level societies
Neolithic (Egypt)
First Intermediate Period
Nagada
3. 2000-1350 BC -eventually consolidated under rule of Babylon - codification of law by Hammurabi in 2790 BC. Beginning to use Bronze. Standardized farm implements and weaponry.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Johnson
Beaker people
Iron Age
4. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Secondary State
Ubaid
First Intermediate Period
Middle Woodland Period
5. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Mature Harappan
Beaker people
Old Kingdom
Neolithic (Egypt)
6. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Horizon
Iron Age
Samarra
Early Woodland Period
7. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Formative
Secondary State
Civilization
Late Woodland
8. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Samarra
Badari
Mississippian
Maritime villages
9. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Early Intermediate
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Samarra
Second Intermediate Period
10. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Characteristics of state level societies
Hassuna
Initial Period
Sumerian
11. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Robert Carneiro
Bronze Age
Halafian
Ubaid
12. 1500-500 BC -Gulf Coast of Mexico. rich in subsistence materials (terrestrial and aquatic resources). significant variation in house size. trade in exotic goods. 'Mother Culture'. Sites of San Lorenzo and La Venta.
New Kingdom
Olmec
Late Harappan
Early Woodland Period
13. 6300-5300 BC -mud brick farming villages in the hilly flanks and along trade routes. Early domestication of cattle - water buffaloes - pigs - and sheep. Plants such as peas - barley - and lentils. Trade of copper items (primarily prestige goods). Sit
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Early Woodland Period
Johnson
Neolithic (Egypt)
14. 2600-1900 BC -several large - planned cities on artificial mounds (Harappa and Mohenjo Daro) - urban planning -citadels - grain storage facilities - markets - baths - etc. - local writing system - lack of monumental architecture typically associated
First Intermediate Period
Early Woodland Period
Samarra
Mature Harappan
15. Urban Revolution
Formative
Valley of Oaxaca
V. Gordon Childe
Late Horizon
16. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Bronze Age
Halafian
Mature Harappan
17. Decision making hierarchies
Late Intermediate
Initial Period
Karl Wittfogel
Johnson
18. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Old Kingdom
Varna
Robert Carneiro
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
19. 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.
V. Gordon Childe
Preceramic
Karl Wittfogel
Second Intermediate Period
20. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Nagada
Early Horizon
Initial Period
Pristine (primary) state
21. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Beaker people
Uruk
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Badari
22. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Sumerian
Middle Kingdom
Late Intermediate
Middle Kingdom
23. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Pristine (primary) state
Initial Period
Ubaid
Middle Kingdom
24. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Uruk
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
New Kingdom
Adena Complex
25. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Nagada
Second Intermediate Period
26. 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
Early Horizon
Olmec
Late Harappan
Bronze Age
27. 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
Sumerian
Nagada
Late Intermediate
Ubaid
28. 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
Robert Carneiro
Mississippian
Late Woodland
Valley of Oaxaca
29. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Second Intermediate Period
Maritime villages
Samarra
Karl Wittfogel
30. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Mature Harappan
Stratification
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Valley of Oaxaca
31. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Secondary State
Sumerian
Late Harappan
Merimbda
32. 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
Early Woodland Period
Middle Horizon
Basin of Mexico
Bronze Age
33. 1000 BC -evidence of shared religious ideologies. trade network. AD 250-900 -emergence of numerous. small competing centers. Sites of Palenque and Tikal. AD 900 -Maya collapse in the south and shift north to the Yucatan.
Old Kingdom
Late Woodland
V. Gordon Childe
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
34. 3500-3100 BC -first cities and city-states such as Eridu - Ur - and Uruk - increasing social stratification and complexity - rapid population growth - role of temple (ziggurat) for ceremonial - bureaucratic - and redistribution centers - use of cunei
Valley of Oaxaca
Iron Age
Second Intermediate Period
Uruk
35. 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
Uruk
Secondary State
Halafian
36. 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.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Beaker people
Merimbda
Early Indus
37. 2600-1900 BC -several large - planned cities on artificial mounds (Harappa and Mohenjo Daro) - urban planning -citadels - grain storage facilities - markets - baths - etc. - local writing system - lack of monumental architecture typically associated
William Rathje
Mature Harappan
Iron Age
Moche State
38. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Late Harappan
Civilization
Late Intermediate
39. 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.
Nagada
Mississippian
Preceramic
Ubaid
40. 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.
Late Woodland
Mississippian
Religion
Iron Age
41. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Basin of Mexico
Early Intermediate
Moche State
Late Harappan
42. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Late Harappan
William Rathje
Bronze Age
43. 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.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
V. Gordon Childe
Preceramic
Middle Woodland Period
44. 1000 BC -evidence of shared religious ideologies. trade network. AD 250-900 -emergence of numerous. small competing centers. Sites of Palenque and Tikal. AD 900 -Maya collapse in the south and shift north to the Yucatan.
Early Woodland Period
Maadi
Late Intermediate
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
45. Decision making hierarchies
Johnson
Preceramic
Second Intermediate Period
Bronze Age
46. 1400 BC -early farming. 650-300 BC -emergence of the state. Use of irrigation agriculture. Several competing regional centers including Cuicuilco and Teotihuacan -buffer zone between Cuicuilco and Teotihuacan. Cuicuilco buried by a volcano in 150 BC.
Basin of Mexico
Beaker people
Poverty Point
Middle Kingdom
47. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Maritime villages
Iron Age
Early Intermediate
Varna
48. 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
Secondary State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Adena Complex
Mississippian
49. Role of priesthood
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Religion
Pristine (primary) state
Johnson
50. 1400 BC -early farming. 650-300 BC -emergence of the state. Use of irrigation agriculture. Several competing regional centers including Cuicuilco and Teotihuacan -buffer zone between Cuicuilco and Teotihuacan. Cuicuilco buried by a volcano in 150 BC.
Pristine (primary) state
Neolithic (Egypt)
Basin of Mexico
Stratification