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Pre-History
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1. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Middle Kingdom
Early Horizon
Merimbda
Hassuna
2. Warfare and Circumscription
Halafian
First Intermediate Period
Robert Carneiro
Iron Age
3. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Early Indus
Neolithic (Egypt)
Beaker people
Late Harappan
4. 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
Adena Complex
Beaker people
Civilization
Initial Period
5. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Nagada
Pristine (primary) state
Halafian
Characteristics of state level societies
6. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Secondary State
Early Indus
Mature Harappan
William Rathje
7. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Mississippian
Moche State
Early Indus
Maritime villages
8. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Hassuna
Neolithic (Egypt)
First Intermediate Period
Pristine (primary) state
9. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Nagada
Samarra
Preceramic
Late Intermediate
10. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Ubaid
Late Horizon
Valley of Oaxaca
Late Harappan
11. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
Early Intermediate
Late Horizon
Nagada
12. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pristine (primary) state
Formative
William Rathje
Old Kingdom
13. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Stratification
Second Intermediate Period
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Early Indus
14. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
Uruk
Beaker people
New Kingdom
15. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Civilization
Early Intermediate
Preceramic
Halafian
16. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Varna
New Kingdom
Middle Woodland Period
17. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Varna
Halafian
Sumerian
Merimbda
18. Role of priesthood
Late Harappan
Religion
Moche State
Maadi
19. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Late Horizon
First Intermediate Period
Pristine (primary) state
20. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Adena Complex
Second Intermediate Period
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
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
Hassuna
Second Intermediate Period
Moche State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
22. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Ubaid
Robert Carneiro
Pristine (primary) state
Varna
23. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Late Intermediate
Late Intermediate
Hassuna
First Intermediate Period
24. Role of priesthood
William Rathje
Maritime villages
Formative
Religion
25. 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)
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Badari
Basin of Mexico
26. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Nagada
Formative
Initial Period
Old Kingdom
27. 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.
Nagada
Late Harappan
Early Indus
Johnson
28. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Maadi
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Moche State
Sumerian
29. 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
Karl Wittfogel
Uruk
Hassuna
Middle Horizon
30. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Moche State
Initial Period
Karl Wittfogel
Neolithic (Egypt)
31. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Early Indus
Late Harappan
Moche State
32. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Iron Age
Middle Kingdom
Early Woodland Period
Merimbda
33. Decision making hierarchies
Moche State
Johnson
Maritime villages
Religion
34. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Merimbda
Initial Period
Maadi
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
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
Samarra
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Samarra
Beaker people
36. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Varna
Nagada
Hassuna
37. 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
Ubaid
Early Indus
Badari
Valley of Oaxaca
38. Decision making hierarchies
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Mississippian
Johnson
39. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Badari
Second Intermediate Period
Maadi
Robert Carneiro
40. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Basin of Mexico
Formative
Iron Age
Adena Complex
41. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Iron Age
Olmec
Sumerian
Middle Kingdom
42. 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.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Early Intermediate
Basin of Mexico
Stratification
43. 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.
Olmec
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Valley of Oaxaca
Sumerian
44. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Bronze Age
Halafian
Samarra
Nagada
45. 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
Preceramic
Mature Harappan
Civilization
Adena Complex
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.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Basin of Mexico
Halafian
Valley of Oaxaca
47. 3050-2134 BC -united under Narmer (look at Narmer Palette) - use of pyramids to legitimize authority - highly centralized government - priest/god/pharaoh - corvee labor. Royal tombs at Saqqara. Djoser and Imphotep.
Middle Horizon
Old Kingdom
Samarra
Early Horizon
48. Trade and Exchange
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
William Rathje
Stratification
Middle Kingdom
49. 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.
Johnson
Maritime villages
Ubaid
Mississippian
50. Hydraulic hypothesis
Maritime villages
Karl Wittfogel
Early Horizon
Battle Axe (Kurgan)