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1. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Karl Wittfogel
First Intermediate Period
Early Intermediate
Neolithic (Egypt)
2. 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
Uruk
Early Intermediate
Beaker people
Varna
3. Urban Revolution
Robert Carneiro
V. Gordon Childe
Poverty Point
Early Woodland Period
4. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Formative
Maritime villages
Initial Period
Late Woodland
5. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Varna
New Kingdom
Initial Period
Halafian
6. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Maadi
Late Woodland
Early Woodland Period
Late Harappan
7. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Pristine (primary) state
Maritime villages
Hassuna
Samarra
8. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Late Intermediate
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
New Kingdom
9. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Maritime villages
Samarra
Halafian
10. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Initial Period
Late Woodland
Mississippian
Early Intermediate
11. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Adena Complex
Civilization
Samarra
Middle Kingdom
12. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
V. Gordon Childe
Middle Woodland Period
13. 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
Late Intermediate
Ubaid
Badari
Beaker people
14. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Bronze Age
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Moche State
Formative
15. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Olmec
Varna
Maritime villages
Robert Carneiro
16. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Valley of Oaxaca
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Late Harappan
17. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Halafian
Moche State
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Olmec
18. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Old Kingdom
Secondary State
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Hassuna
19. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Maadi
Beaker people
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Nagada
20. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Formative
Badari
Valley of Oaxaca
21. 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.
Maadi
Hassuna
Early Indus
Late Intermediate
22. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Early Woodland Period
Basin of Mexico
Pristine (primary) state
Maadi
23. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Uruk
Early Intermediate
Late Intermediate
Poverty Point
24. 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
V. Gordon Childe
Secondary State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Characteristics of state level societies
25. 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.
Late Horizon
Early Intermediate
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Preceramic
26. 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.
Middle Woodland Period
Old Kingdom
Early Horizon
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
27. 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
Uruk
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Pristine (primary) state
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
28. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Varna
Johnson
Late Woodland
Moche State
29. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Secondary State
Civilization
Late Harappan
30. 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
Late Horizon
Johnson
Uruk
New Kingdom
31. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Early Intermediate
Poverty Point
Valley of Oaxaca
Middle Woodland Period
32. 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.
Johnson
Late Harappan
Second Intermediate Period
Late Intermediate
33. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Mature Harappan
Halafian
William Rathje
Early Indus
34. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Early Indus
Merimbda
Formative
35. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Moche State
Nagada
Late Horizon
Late Harappan
36. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Karl Wittfogel
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Halafian
Varna
37. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Characteristics of state level societies
Iron Age
Poverty Point
Late Harappan
38. Role of priesthood
Religion
Late Harappan
Nagada
Halafian
39. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Formative
Halafian
Characteristics of state level societies
40. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Basin of Mexico
Late Harappan
Iron Age
Formative
41. 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
Mature Harappan
New Kingdom
Basin of Mexico
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
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
New Kingdom
Olmec
Maadi
43. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
Uruk
Religion
Neolithic (Egypt)
44. 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
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Stratification
45. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Secondary State
Early Intermediate
46. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Poverty Point
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Iron Age
New Kingdom
47. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Beaker people
Initial Period
Badari
Mississippian
48. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Late Horizon
Valley of Oaxaca
Poverty Point
49. 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.
Early Intermediate
Olmec
Robert Carneiro
Valley of Oaxaca
50. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Civilization
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Maritime villages
Uruk
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