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1. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Mississippian
Badari
Early Indus
2. 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
Old Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
Badari
3. 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
Halafian
Maritime villages
Karl Wittfogel
4. 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
Mississippian
Formative
Sumerian
5. Trade and Exchange
Initial Period
William Rathje
Late Harappan
Stratification
6. 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
Neolithic (Egypt)
Pristine (primary) state
Ubaid
William Rathje
7. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pristine (primary) state
Stratification
Middle Kingdom
Preceramic
8. 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
Valley of Oaxaca
Middle Horizon
Iron Age
William Rathje
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.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Varna
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Secondary State
10. 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
Pristine (primary) state
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Olmec
Uruk
11. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Moche State
Johnson
Halafian
12. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Merimbda
First Intermediate Period
Robert Carneiro
New Kingdom
13. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Adena Complex
Late Woodland
Mature Harappan
Maritime villages
14. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Mature Harappan
Iron Age
Early Intermediate
Civilization
15. Decision making hierarchies
Early Indus
Johnson
Late Horizon
Karl Wittfogel
16. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
Iron Age
Nagada
Mature Harappan
17. 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
Ubaid
Halafian
Bronze Age
Early Indus
18. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Civilization
Old Kingdom
Robert Carneiro
Initial Period
19. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Moche State
Mature Harappan
Formative
Adena Complex
20. 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.
Late Intermediate
Basin of Mexico
Mature Harappan
Olmec
21. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Beaker people
Adena Complex
Mississippian
Middle Woodland Period
22. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Religion
Merimbda
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Iron Age
23. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Early Intermediate
Badari
Uruk
Merimbda
24. Urban Revolution
Samarra
Halafian
V. Gordon Childe
Beaker people
25. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Maritime villages
Badari
Initial Period
Second Intermediate Period
26. 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.
Sumerian
Olmec
Characteristics of state level societies
Second Intermediate Period
27. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Secondary State
Late Intermediate
Initial Period
Early Woodland Period
28. Role of priesthood
Religion
Maadi
Early Woodland Period
Secondary State
29. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Varna
Late Intermediate
Middle Woodland Period
Maritime villages
30. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Poverty Point
Religion
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Early Intermediate
31. 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
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Maadi
Bronze Age
Characteristics of state level societies
32. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Ubaid
Stratification
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
33. 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.
Early Indus
Civilization
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
V. Gordon Childe
34. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Maritime villages
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mississippian
Early Intermediate
35. 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
Merimbda
Second Intermediate Period
Karl Wittfogel
Characteristics of state level societies
36. Decision making hierarchies
Second Intermediate Period
Basin of Mexico
Johnson
Moche State
37. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Stratification
Sumerian
Middle Kingdom
Early Indus
38. 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
New Kingdom
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Uruk
Mature Harappan
39. 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
Late Horizon
Robert Carneiro
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Early Horizon
40. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Maritime villages
Second Intermediate Period
New Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period
41. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Religion
Poverty Point
Mississippian
Varna
42. 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
Middle Horizon
Varna
Adena Complex
43. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Late Horizon
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Pristine (primary) state
Initial Period
44. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Robert Carneiro
Badari
Nagada
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
45. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Badari
Secondary State
Religion
Early Indus
46. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Late Woodland
First Intermediate Period
Late Horizon
47. 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.
Middle Kingdom
Stratification
Halafian
Mississippian
48. Urban Revolution
Poverty Point
Maritime villages
V. Gordon Childe
Secondary State
49. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Samarra
Old Kingdom
Olmec
Maadi
50. 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
Robert Carneiro
Sumerian
Late Horizon
Samarra
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