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Pre-History
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1. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Early Woodland Period
Late Horizon
Characteristics of state level societies
2. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Varna
Johnson
Halafian
Late Harappan
3. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Preceramic
Bronze Age
First Intermediate Period
Old Kingdom
4. AD 1000-1476 - numerous - small competing kingdoms. Chimu -AD 1000-1476 - based in the Moche Valley - elaborate irrigation system -linked valleys - expansive roadways - site of Chan Chan.
Middle Woodland Period
Late Intermediate
Olmec
Late Woodland
5. 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
Late Intermediate
Pristine (primary) state
Beaker people
Robert Carneiro
6. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Maritime villages
Late Horizon
Moche State
Nagada
7. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Secondary State
Iron Age
Sumerian
Poverty Point
8. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Samarra
Johnson
Moche State
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.
Adena Complex
Initial Period
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Second Intermediate Period
10. 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
William Rathje
First Intermediate Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Initial Period
11. Role of priesthood
Preceramic
Religion
Bronze Age
Early Woodland Period
12. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Religion
Adena Complex
Poverty Point
Karl Wittfogel
13. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
Second Intermediate Period
Early Indus
Civilization
14. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Nagada
First Intermediate Period
Poverty Point
15. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
William Rathje
Mature Harappan
Late Woodland
Religion
16. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Iron Age
Second Intermediate Period
Secondary State
Early Woodland Period
17. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Maritime villages
Maritime villages
Secondary State
18. 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
Samarra
Basin of Mexico
Early Intermediate
19. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Stratification
Iron Age
Merimbda
Johnson
20. 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.
Early Indus
Varna
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Maritime villages
21. 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
Uruk
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Neolithic (Egypt)
22. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Nagada
Halafian
Olmec
Adena Complex
23. 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
Mississippian
Mature Harappan
Characteristics of state level societies
Bronze Age
24. 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.
Mississippian
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Mature Harappan
Karl Wittfogel
25. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Moche State
William Rathje
Samarra
Mississippian
26. 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
Nagada
Mature Harappan
Uruk
Varna
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
Late Intermediate
Late Woodland
Basin of Mexico
28. 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.
Middle Woodland Period
Olmec
Mature Harappan
Maritime villages
29. 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.
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Robert Carneiro
Characteristics of state level societies
Preceramic
30. 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 Horizon
Iron Age
Sumerian
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
31. Urbanized (rise of cities - settlement hierarchies) -Agri. Subsistence (irrigation common) -Craft Special. (full time - non food producing artisans) -Market Econ. (goods exchanged for profits - full time merchants) -Patron-Client relationships (elite
Civilization
Preceramic
Middle Kingdom
Characteristics of state level societies
32. 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
Maritime villages
Olmec
Mature Harappan
Badari
33. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Samarra
Stratification
Nagada
Maritime villages
34. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Sumerian
Civilization
Late Horizon
Early Woodland Period
35. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Beaker people
First Intermediate Period
Pristine (primary) state
36. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Halafian
Samarra
Beaker people
Iron Age
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
Late Intermediate
Beaker people
Early Woodland Period
Secondary State
38. 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.
Mississippian
Middle Horizon
Beaker people
Initial Period
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.
Olmec
Initial Period
Old Kingdom
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
40. 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
Badari
Preceramic
Maadi
Bronze Age
41. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Mature Harappan
Late Harappan
Varna
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
42. 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.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Neolithic (Egypt)
Early Horizon
Formative
43. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Mississippian
Late Woodland
Adena Complex
Maadi
44. Urban Revolution
Old Kingdom
V. Gordon Childe
Civilization
Characteristics of state level societies
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
Early Woodland Period
Preceramic
Religion
46. 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
Moche State
Late Horizon
Mississippian
Robert Carneiro
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.
Maadi
Old Kingdom
Late Woodland
Adena Complex
48. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Stratification
Moche State
Secondary State
V. Gordon Childe
49. 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
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Civilization
Johnson
V. Gordon Childe
50. AD 1000-1476 - numerous - small competing kingdoms. Chimu -AD 1000-1476 - based in the Moche Valley - elaborate irrigation system -linked valleys - expansive roadways - site of Chan Chan.
Middle Horizon
Late Intermediate
Preceramic
Samarra
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