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Pre-History
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1. 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
Nagada
Merimbda
Varna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
2. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Karl Wittfogel
Varna
First Intermediate Period
Poverty Point
3. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Religion
Maritime villages
Hassuna
Middle Kingdom
4. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Secondary State
First Intermediate Period
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Valley of Oaxaca
5. Warfare and Circumscription
Initial Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Poverty Point
Robert Carneiro
6. 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
Early Intermediate
Civilization
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Beaker people
7. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Moche State
Middle Horizon
Second Intermediate Period
Samarra
8. Urban Revolution
Varna
V. Gordon Childe
New Kingdom
Uruk
9. 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.
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
New Kingdom
Poverty Point
10. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Valley of Oaxaca
Civilization
New Kingdom
11. Role of priesthood
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Late Intermediate
Religion
Middle Woodland Period
12. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Late Horizon
Iron Age
Late Harappan
Badari
13. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Preceramic
Hassuna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Ubaid
14. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Maadi
New Kingdom
Secondary State
Second Intermediate Period
15. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Early Intermediate
Pristine (primary) state
Basin of Mexico
Samarra
16. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Middle Woodland Period
New Kingdom
Badari
Late Woodland
17. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Johnson
Pristine (primary) state
Secondary State
First Intermediate Period
18. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Adena Complex
Badari
Stratification
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
19. Trade and Exchange
Karl Wittfogel
William Rathje
Late Harappan
Merimbda
20. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Adena Complex
Moche State
Maadi
Hassuna
21. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Neolithic (Egypt)
Initial Period
Olmec
Maadi
22. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Samarra
Characteristics of state level societies
Maadi
Middle Kingdom
23. 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.
Second Intermediate Period
Preceramic
Maritime villages
First Intermediate Period
24. 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
William Rathje
Sumerian
Neolithic (Egypt)
Late Horizon
25. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Beaker people
Characteristics of state level societies
Adena Complex
Iron Age
26. 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.
Uruk
Religion
Late Woodland
Mississippian
27. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Poverty Point
Bronze Age
Merimbda
Early Intermediate
28. 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.
Uruk
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Early Woodland Period
Early Horizon
29. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Late Harappan
Merimbda
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Hassuna
30. 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
Maritime villages
Ubaid
Neolithic (Egypt)
Characteristics of state level societies
31. 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
Mature Harappan
Early Indus
Varna
Maadi
32. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Mississippian
Formative
Preceramic
33. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Ubaid
Ubaid
Bronze Age
Sumerian
34. 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 Horizon
Badari
Second Intermediate Period
Moche State
35. Hydraulic hypothesis
William Rathje
Varna
Karl Wittfogel
Bronze Age
36. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Karl Wittfogel
Iron Age
Karl Wittfogel
Basin of Mexico
37. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Maritime villages
Poverty Point
Neolithic (Egypt)
Stratification
38. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Formative
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Early Indus
Late Harappan
39. 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.
Old Kingdom
Neolithic (Egypt)
Moche State
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
40. 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
Maadi
Varna
Second Intermediate Period
Beaker people
41. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Hassuna
Bronze Age
Nagada
Badari
42. 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
Poverty Point
Beaker people
Early Intermediate
43. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Beaker people
Moche State
Religion
V. Gordon Childe
44. 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
Pristine (primary) state
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mature Harappan
Late Horizon
45. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Initial Period
Robert Carneiro
Late Horizon
Formative
46. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Initial Period
Varna
First Intermediate Period
New Kingdom
47. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Late Harappan
Hassuna
Civilization
Early Woodland Period
48. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Early Woodland Period
Nagada
V. Gordon Childe
49. Hydraulic hypothesis
Stratification
V. Gordon Childe
Karl Wittfogel
Sumerian
50. 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
Middle Horizon
Moche State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Initial Period