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1. 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
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Late Horizon
Neolithic (Egypt)
Civilization
2. 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.
Nagada
Late Intermediate
Preceramic
Early Intermediate
3. 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
Nagada
Secondary State
Stratification
4. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Badari
Characteristics of state level societies
Hassuna
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
5. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
New Kingdom
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Secondary State
6. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Early Intermediate
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Johnson
Maadi
7. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Sumerian
Formative
8. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Samarra
Maritime villages
Second Intermediate Period
Middle Horizon
9. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Maadi
Mississippian
Adena Complex
10. 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
Merimbda
Early Woodland Period
Preceramic
11. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Pristine (primary) state
Mississippian
Maritime villages
Neolithic (Egypt)
12. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Maadi
Adena Complex
Johnson
Sumerian
13. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Initial Period
Secondary State
Maritime villages
14. 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.
Basin of Mexico
Bronze Age
Valley of Oaxaca
Olmec
15. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Neolithic (Egypt)
Early Intermediate
Samarra
16. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Moche State
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Early Indus
17. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Early Woodland Period
Badari
Preceramic
Bronze Age
18. 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.
Late Horizon
New Kingdom
Samarra
Mississippian
19. Role of priesthood
Mississippian
Religion
Nagada
First Intermediate Period
20. 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
Sumerian
Maritime villages
Characteristics of state level societies
21. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Moche State
Merimbda
Nagada
Hassuna
22. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
First Intermediate Period
Johnson
Middle Woodland Period
Iron Age
23. 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
Early Indus
Characteristics of state level societies
Ubaid
Civilization
24. 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
Neolithic (Egypt)
Late Horizon
Mississippian
Late Harappan
25. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Nagada
Karl Wittfogel
First Intermediate Period
Sumerian
26. Role of priesthood
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Religion
Samarra
Merimbda
27. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
William Rathje
Stratification
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Early Woodland Period
28. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Varna
William Rathje
Halafian
Merimbda
29. 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
Johnson
Samarra
Mature Harappan
30. Trade and Exchange
Varna
Religion
William Rathje
Early Indus
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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Mississippian
Mature Harappan
Robert Carneiro
32. 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
Robert Carneiro
Sumerian
Basin of Mexico
Characteristics of state level societies
33. 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
Preceramic
Middle Horizon
Halafian
Late Horizon
34. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
First Intermediate Period
Civilization
Uruk
35. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Basin of Mexico
Hassuna
Mature Harappan
Neolithic (Egypt)
36. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Maritime villages
Religion
Maritime villages
37. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mature Harappan
Badari
Preceramic
38. Decision making hierarchies
Robert Carneiro
Badari
Johnson
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
39. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Nagada
First Intermediate Period
Varna
Basin of Mexico
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.
Late Harappan
Maritime villages
Olmec
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
41. 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
Hassuna
Uruk
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Nagada
42. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Early Intermediate
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Late Intermediate
Second Intermediate Period
43. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Robert Carneiro
Late Woodland
Religion
Samarra
44. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Maadi
Early Woodland Period
Merimbda
Late Woodland
45. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Basin of Mexico
William Rathje
Early Horizon
Middle Woodland Period
46. 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.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Old Kingdom
Civilization
Valley of Oaxaca
47. 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.
Samarra
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Late Woodland
Basin of Mexico
48. 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
Valley of Oaxaca
Adena Complex
Religion
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
Samarra
Poverty Point
Stratification
50. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Mature Harappan
Halafian
Maritime villages
Merimbda