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1. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Poverty Point
Early Intermediate
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Samarra
2. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Late Horizon
Late Harappan
Adena Complex
3. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Late Harappan
Adena Complex
Middle Kingdom
First Intermediate Period
4. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Stratification
Early Horizon
Valley of Oaxaca
New Kingdom
5. Hydraulic hypothesis
Second Intermediate Period
Stratification
Karl Wittfogel
Badari
6. 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.
Olmec
Neolithic (Egypt)
Maritime villages
Basin of Mexico
7. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Late Woodland
Civilization
Badari
Merimbda
8. 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.
Robert Carneiro
Early Horizon
First Intermediate Period
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
9. 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
Middle Horizon
Old Kingdom
Mississippian
10. 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
Middle Horizon
Valley of Oaxaca
First Intermediate Period
11. 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
Early Woodland Period
Bronze Age
Middle Horizon
Old Kingdom
12. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
William Rathje
Hassuna
Beaker people
Middle Horizon
13. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
New Kingdom
V. Gordon Childe
Secondary State
Second Intermediate Period
14. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Adena Complex
Religion
Civilization
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
15. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Middle Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period
Moche State
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
16. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Karl Wittfogel
Early Intermediate
Secondary State
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
17. 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.
Olmec
Merimbda
V. Gordon Childe
Neolithic (Egypt)
18. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Iron Age
Ubaid
Adena Complex
Maritime villages
19. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Neolithic (Egypt)
Hassuna
Halafian
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
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
Beaker people
Iron Age
Samarra
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
21. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Early Horizon
New Kingdom
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Middle Kingdom
22. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Maritime villages
V. Gordon Childe
Valley of Oaxaca
Neolithic (Egypt)
23. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
William Rathje
First Intermediate Period
Iron Age
Maritime villages
24. 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.
Moche State
Adena Complex
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Early Horizon
25. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Middle Kingdom
Secondary State
Second Intermediate Period
Merimbda
26. 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
Valley of Oaxaca
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Ubaid
Early Horizon
27. Role of priesthood
Religion
Late Horizon
Olmec
Maritime villages
28. Trade and Exchange
Beaker people
William Rathje
Bronze Age
Mississippian
29. 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.
Mississippian
Old Kingdom
Civilization
Merimbda
30. 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.
Olmec
Ubaid
Religion
Maadi
31. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Badari
Old Kingdom
Religion
Maadi
32. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Johnson
Late Horizon
Karl Wittfogel
Nagada
33. 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
Samarra
Mature Harappan
Mississippian
Neolithic (Egypt)
34. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Initial Period
Karl Wittfogel
Characteristics of state level societies
Early Intermediate
35. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Late Harappan
Middle Woodland Period
Robert Carneiro
Religion
36. 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
Religion
Nagada
Middle Horizon
Late Intermediate
37. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Olmec
Pristine (primary) state
First Intermediate Period
Valley of Oaxaca
38. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Robert Carneiro
First Intermediate Period
Nagada
Early Horizon
39. 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
William Rathje
Late Intermediate
Olmec
Characteristics of state level societies
40. 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.
Hassuna
Late Woodland
Halafian
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
41. 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.
William Rathje
Early Woodland Period
Iron Age
Early Indus
42. Urban Revolution
Sumerian
Olmec
V. Gordon Childe
Civilization
43. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Uruk
Varna
Late Woodland
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
44. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Pristine (primary) state
William Rathje
Halafian
William Rathje
45. 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
Valley of Oaxaca
Bronze Age
Neolithic (Egypt)
Middle Kingdom
46. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Maritime villages
Late Horizon
Bronze Age
Sumerian
47. Urban Revolution
First Intermediate Period
Early Indus
V. Gordon Childe
Iron Age
48. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Mature Harappan
Formative
Maritime villages
49. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Maritime villages
Initial Period
Secondary State
Late Harappan
50. Decision making hierarchies
Late Harappan
Johnson
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
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