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Pre-History
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1. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Late Woodland
Robert Carneiro
Merimbda
Maritime villages
2. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
William Rathje
Civilization
Middle Kingdom
Formative
3. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Religion
New Kingdom
Adena Complex
4. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Preceramic
Halafian
Formative
Nagada
5. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
V. Gordon Childe
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Badari
Johnson
6. 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
Early Intermediate
First Intermediate Period
Pristine (primary) state
7. 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
Religion
Basin of Mexico
Mature Harappan
Adena Complex
8. 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
Middle Kingdom
Formative
Middle Woodland Period
9. 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
Initial Period
Civilization
Middle Horizon
10. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Beaker people
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Secondary State
11. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Second Intermediate Period
Sumerian
Initial Period
Civilization
12. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Secondary State
Maritime villages
Badari
Poverty Point
13. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Badari
Poverty Point
Preceramic
Middle Woodland Period
14. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pristine (primary) state
Middle Woodland Period
Valley of Oaxaca
V. Gordon Childe
15. 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.
Late Woodland
William Rathje
Sumerian
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
16. 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
Late Intermediate
Old Kingdom
Karl Wittfogel
17. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Valley of Oaxaca
First Intermediate Period
Old Kingdom
Iron Age
18. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Badari
Johnson
V. Gordon Childe
Middle Woodland Period
19. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Bronze Age
Merimbda
Late Harappan
William Rathje
20. 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
Old Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
Valley of Oaxaca
Old Kingdom
21. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Late Woodland
V. Gordon Childe
Hassuna
Maadi
22. 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
Basin of Mexico
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Beaker people
Uruk
23. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Woodland Period
Old Kingdom
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Johnson
24. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Pristine (primary) state
Second Intermediate Period
Uruk
Initial Period
25. 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
Adena Complex
Mature Harappan
Moche State
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
26. 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.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Olmec
Middle Woodland Period
Preceramic
27. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Samarra
Merimbda
28. 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
Mature Harappan
Late Horizon
Poverty Point
29. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Late Harappan
Late Woodland
Iron Age
Badari
30. Urban Revolution
Stratification
Neolithic (Egypt)
Early Woodland Period
V. Gordon Childe
31. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Badari
Halafian
Iron Age
Middle Kingdom
32. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Robert Carneiro
Early Intermediate
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Poverty Point
33. Trade and Exchange
Middle Woodland Period
William Rathje
Samarra
Early Indus
34. 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.
Samarra
Olmec
Early Woodland Period
Robert Carneiro
35. 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
Characteristics of state level societies
Mississippian
Characteristics of state level societies
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
36. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Uruk
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Initial Period
Poverty Point
37. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Moche State
Robert Carneiro
Hassuna
38. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Middle Kingdom
Sumerian
39. 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.
Religion
Nagada
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Late Intermediate
40. Hydraulic hypothesis
Late Horizon
Early Woodland Period
Late Intermediate
Karl Wittfogel
41. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Basin of Mexico
Early Intermediate
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Mature Harappan
42. 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
Uruk
Second Intermediate Period
Varna
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
43. 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.
Initial Period
Basin of Mexico
V. Gordon Childe
Late Horizon
44. 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
Sumerian
Early Woodland Period
Neolithic (Egypt)
45. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Sumerian
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Neolithic (Egypt)
Uruk
46. Trade and Exchange
Late Horizon
William Rathje
Beaker people
Second Intermediate Period
47. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Early Woodland Period
Stratification
Iron Age
Maritime villages
48. 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
Characteristics of state level societies
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Middle Woodland Period
49. 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
Iron Age
Middle Kingdom
50. 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.
Middle Horizon
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Merimbda
Akkadian and Babylonian periods