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Pre-History
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1. 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
Initial Period
Poverty Point
Early Indus
2. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Maadi
Civilization
Moche State
3. 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 Horizon
Olmec
Late Horizon
Characteristics of state level societies
4. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
New Kingdom
Beaker people
Early Woodland Period
Maritime villages
5. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Sumerian
Adena Complex
Middle Kingdom
Halafian
6. 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.
Late Harappan
Samarra
Early Horizon
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
7. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Varna
Middle Kingdom
Stratification
William Rathje
8. 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
Moche State
Samarra
Secondary State
Bronze Age
9. 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.
Karl Wittfogel
Late Woodland
Sumerian
Early Horizon
10. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Johnson
Maritime villages
Middle Woodland Period
11. 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
Stratification
Mississippian
Sumerian
12. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Initial Period
Neolithic (Egypt)
New Kingdom
Civilization
13. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Early Woodland Period
V. Gordon Childe
Formative
Hassuna
14. 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
Moche State
William Rathje
Early Indus
Ubaid
15. Decision making hierarchies
Civilization
Late Intermediate
Johnson
Sumerian
16. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Sumerian
Badari
Middle Woodland Period
17. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Karl Wittfogel
Neolithic (Egypt)
Poverty Point
Second Intermediate Period
18. 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 Indus
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Moche State
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
19. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Badari
Nagada
Moche State
Maadi
20. 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
Varna
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Bronze Age
21. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
Mississippian
Late Intermediate
Hassuna
22. Role of priesthood
Moche State
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Olmec
Religion
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
William Rathje
Mature Harappan
Early Intermediate
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
24. 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
Bronze Age
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Poverty Point
Varna
25. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
New Kingdom
Nagada
Samarra
Early Horizon
26. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Nagada
Old Kingdom
Pristine (primary) state
Poverty Point
27. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Varna
Mississippian
New Kingdom
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).
Late Intermediate
First Intermediate Period
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Samarra
29. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
William Rathje
Badari
Old Kingdom
Religion
30. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Robert Carneiro
Sumerian
Religion
Early Woodland Period
31. Decision making hierarchies
Preceramic
Formative
Johnson
New Kingdom
32. Hydraulic hypothesis
Nagada
Karl Wittfogel
Early Indus
Iron Age
33. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Merimbda
Early Woodland Period
Sumerian
Uruk
34. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Moche State
Adena Complex
Second Intermediate Period
35. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Robert Carneiro
Neolithic (Egypt)
Samarra
New Kingdom
36. 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.
Robert Carneiro
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Olmec
Uruk
37. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Intermediate
Neolithic (Egypt)
Early Woodland Period
Pristine (primary) state
38. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Middle Kingdom
Middle Woodland Period
Late Woodland
39. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Late Woodland
First Intermediate Period
Middle Kingdom
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
40. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Mature Harappan
Iron Age
Iron Age
Nagada
41. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Civilization
New Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
42. 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
Mature Harappan
Badari
Mississippian
43. Role of priesthood
Religion
Middle Horizon
Mature Harappan
Sumerian
44. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
William Rathje
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
45. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Late Woodland
Badari
Olmec
46. 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.
Preceramic
Mature Harappan
Iron Age
Late Horizon
47. 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
Stratification
Mature Harappan
Uruk
Late Harappan
48. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Late Intermediate
Middle Kingdom
Characteristics of state level societies
Nagada
49. 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
Adena Complex
Varna
Late Horizon
Uruk
50. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Moche State
Robert Carneiro
Pristine (primary) state