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1. 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
Mature Harappan
Halafian
Valley of Oaxaca
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
2. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
Badari
Iron Age
V. Gordon Childe
3. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Formative
Sumerian
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Robert Carneiro
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.
Late Intermediate
V. Gordon Childe
Karl Wittfogel
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
5. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
New Kingdom
Maadi
Poverty Point
Civilization
6. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Karl Wittfogel
Beaker people
Moche State
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
7. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Civilization
Stratification
Varna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
8. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Early Woodland Period
Neolithic (Egypt)
Mature Harappan
Secondary State
9. Trade and Exchange
Moche State
Late Horizon
Religion
William Rathje
10. 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.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Middle Horizon
Basin of Mexico
Beaker people
11. 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
Johnson
Bronze Age
Old Kingdom
12. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Late Woodland
Early Woodland Period
Uruk
Basin of Mexico
13. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Robert Carneiro
Nagada
Mississippian
14. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
First Intermediate Period
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Uruk
15. 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.
New Kingdom
Pristine (primary) state
Old Kingdom
Mature Harappan
16. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Moche State
Old Kingdom
Secondary State
17. Warfare and Circumscription
Varna
Maritime villages
Iron Age
Robert Carneiro
18. 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
Olmec
Bronze Age
Basin of Mexico
Second Intermediate Period
19. Urban Revolution
Religion
Early Horizon
Bronze Age
V. Gordon Childe
20. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Early Horizon
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Middle Kingdom
Johnson
21. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Uruk
Old Kingdom
First Intermediate Period
Maritime villages
22. 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
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Moche State
Bronze Age
Ubaid
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.
Preceramic
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
First Intermediate Period
Basin of Mexico
24. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Mississippian
Iron Age
Middle Kingdom
Middle Woodland Period
25. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Stratification
Religion
Robert Carneiro
Neolithic (Egypt)
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.
Badari
Hassuna
Beaker people
Olmec
27. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Moche State
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Bronze Age
Maadi
28. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Late Intermediate
Second Intermediate Period
Adena Complex
Stratification
29. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Robert Carneiro
Hassuna
Civilization
Halafian
30. 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
Stratification
Characteristics of state level societies
Middle Horizon
Mature Harappan
31. 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.
Early Horizon
Late Woodland
Formative
Initial Period
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
Johnson
Ubaid
Mature Harappan
Poverty Point
33. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Moche State
Middle Kingdom
Badari
Johnson
34. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Johnson
Halafian
Stratification
35. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Woodland Period
William Rathje
Old Kingdom
Badari
36. 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
Preceramic
V. Gordon Childe
Samarra
Uruk
37. 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
Basin of Mexico
Sumerian
Mississippian
38. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
V. Gordon Childe
Stratification
Badari
Bronze Age
39. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Early Indus
Middle Woodland Period
Religion
Middle Kingdom
40. Decision making hierarchies
Preceramic
Middle Kingdom
Halafian
Johnson
41. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Early Indus
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Ubaid
Pristine (primary) state
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.
Samarra
Early Intermediate
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Pristine (primary) state
43. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Stratification
Middle Woodland Period
Mississippian
Varna
44. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Sumerian
Nagada
Characteristics of state level societies
45. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Mature Harappan
V. Gordon Childe
Second Intermediate Period
Maadi
46. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Varna
Middle Kingdom
Late Woodland
Pristine (primary) state
47. 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.
Beaker people
Early Indus
Karl Wittfogel
Early Intermediate
48. 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
Pristine (primary) state
Secondary State
Olmec
Characteristics of state level societies
49. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Old Kingdom
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Mississippian
Samarra
50. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Characteristics of state level societies
Olmec
Adena Complex
Varna
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