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Pre-History
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1. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Late Horizon
Middle Woodland Period
Stratification
Characteristics of state level societies
2. 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
Secondary State
Maadi
Sumerian
Valley of Oaxaca
3. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Middle Kingdom
Robert Carneiro
Ubaid
Merimbda
4. 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
Robert Carneiro
Bronze Age
Hassuna
Uruk
5. 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.
Badari
Stratification
Iron Age
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
6. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Beaker people
Middle Horizon
Characteristics of state level societies
Early Woodland Period
7. Hydraulic hypothesis
Karl Wittfogel
Late Horizon
Halafian
Pristine (primary) state
8. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Mature Harappan
Middle Woodland Period
Iron Age
Maadi
9. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Preceramic
Basin of Mexico
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
10. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pristine (primary) state
Iron Age
Maadi
Moche State
11. 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
Ubaid
Valley of Oaxaca
Early Horizon
Mississippian
12. 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 Woodland
Early Horizon
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
13. 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 Intermediate
Samarra
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Initial Period
14. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Beaker people
First Intermediate Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Hassuna
15. Role of priesthood
Initial Period
Stratification
Samarra
Religion
16. Role of priesthood
Religion
Merimbda
Middle Kingdom
Varna
17. 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.
Iron Age
Hassuna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Preceramic
18. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Initial Period
Middle Kingdom
Varna
Sumerian
19. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Badari
Formative
First Intermediate Period
Halafian
20. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Preceramic
Secondary State
Hassuna
Nagada
21. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Johnson
Early Intermediate
Middle Horizon
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
22. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Middle Woodland Period
Early Intermediate
William Rathje
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
23. 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.
Uruk
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Second Intermediate Period
Preceramic
24. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Beaker people
Neolithic (Egypt)
Middle Horizon
Hassuna
25. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Moche State
Ubaid
Mississippian
26. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Formative
Pristine (primary) state
Iron Age
Neolithic (Egypt)
27. Decision making hierarchies
Early Woodland Period
Basin of Mexico
Johnson
Neolithic (Egypt)
28. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Sumerian
Mississippian
Maritime villages
Hassuna
29. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
First Intermediate Period
Characteristics of state level societies
Poverty Point
Samarra
30. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Secondary State
Varna
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
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
Uruk
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Ubaid
Bronze Age
32. 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
Samarra
Late Horizon
Karl Wittfogel
Hassuna
33. 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
Mississippian
Beaker people
V. Gordon Childe
Sumerian
34. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Bronze Age
Adena Complex
Merimbda
35. 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
Basin of Mexico
Civilization
Ubaid
Karl Wittfogel
36. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Late Woodland
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Civilization
37. 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.
First Intermediate Period
Late Intermediate
Bronze Age
Halafian
38. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
New Kingdom
Moche State
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
William Rathje
39. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Samarra
Middle Kingdom
Religion
Late Harappan
40. 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
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Adena Complex
New Kingdom
41. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Middle Kingdom
Maadi
Late Horizon
Civilization
42. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Poverty Point
Second Intermediate Period
Maadi
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
43. 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.
Late Intermediate
Early Woodland Period
Characteristics of state level societies
Olmec
44. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Mississippian
Adena Complex
Samarra
Mississippian
45. 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.
Samarra
Neolithic (Egypt)
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Middle Horizon
46. 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
Olmec
Late Woodland
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
47. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Halafian
Old Kingdom
Adena Complex
Merimbda
48. 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 Harappan
Varna
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Basin of Mexico
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
Late Woodland
New Kingdom
Late Horizon
50. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Middle Kingdom
Middle Horizon
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Secondary State
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