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Pre-History
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1. 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
Religion
Nagada
Varna
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
2. 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
Maadi
Characteristics of state level societies
Late Woodland
Halafian
3. 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
Stratification
Secondary State
Valley of Oaxaca
Sumerian
4. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Moche State
Merimbda
Neolithic (Egypt)
Middle Woodland Period
5. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Beaker people
Iron Age
Second Intermediate Period
Old Kingdom
6. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
William Rathje
Samarra
Late Intermediate
7. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Initial Period
First Intermediate Period
Maadi
New Kingdom
8. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Mature Harappan
Samarra
First Intermediate Period
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
9. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
V. Gordon Childe
10. 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
V. Gordon Childe
Beaker people
Early Horizon
Late Horizon
11. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Karl Wittfogel
Late Woodland
Moche State
Adena Complex
12. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Early Intermediate
Samarra
Pristine (primary) state
Beaker people
13. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Early Horizon
Varna
Preceramic
Samarra
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
Olmec
Maritime villages
Ubaid
New Kingdom
15. 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
Secondary State
Early Horizon
Uruk
Early Woodland Period
16. 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
Middle Woodland Period
Sumerian
Preceramic
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
17. 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
Bronze Age
Early Indus
Middle Woodland Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
18. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Uruk
Maritime villages
Iron Age
Late Woodland
19. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Moche State
Middle Woodland Period
Civilization
Maadi
20. 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
Middle Woodland Period
Moche State
Halafian
Beaker people
21. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Samarra
Nagada
Late Harappan
Uruk
22. 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
Uruk
Late Harappan
Olmec
23. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Religion
Merimbda
Moche State
New Kingdom
24. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Johnson
Ubaid
Stratification
25. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Late Horizon
Late Harappan
Poverty Point
Late Woodland
26. Role of priesthood
Halafian
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Middle Kingdom
Religion
27. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Sumerian
Formative
Early Indus
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
28. Trade and Exchange
Johnson
William Rathje
Karl Wittfogel
Basin of Mexico
29. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Early Horizon
V. Gordon Childe
Varna
Maadi
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).
Karl Wittfogel
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Maritime villages
Olmec
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
Bronze Age
Early Intermediate
Middle Horizon
32. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Preceramic
Bronze Age
Early Indus
33. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Middle Kingdom
Olmec
Neolithic (Egypt)
Formative
34. Decision making hierarchies
Johnson
Moche State
Maritime villages
Robert Carneiro
35. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Early Indus
Hassuna
Initial Period
Late Intermediate
36. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Beaker people
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Valley of Oaxaca
Halafian
37. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Formative
Mississippian
V. Gordon Childe
Badari
38. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Late Woodland
Poverty Point
Early Woodland Period
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
39. 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
Badari
Adena Complex
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
First Intermediate Period
40. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Early Woodland Period
Poverty Point
Valley of Oaxaca
Late Harappan
41. 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
Religion
Nagada
Poverty Point
42. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Civilization
Sumerian
Adena Complex
Late Woodland
43. 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
Ubaid
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Ubaid
Iron Age
44. Hydraulic hypothesis
William Rathje
Badari
Uruk
Karl Wittfogel
45. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Early Horizon
Middle Woodland Period
Adena Complex
Samarra
46. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Samarra
Adena Complex
Old Kingdom
Maritime villages
47. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Late Woodland
Early Indus
Old Kingdom
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
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
Halafian
Early Horizon
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Characteristics of state level societies
49. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Formative
Karl Wittfogel
Robert Carneiro
Halafian
50. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Hassuna
Bronze Age
Secondary State
Samarra