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Pre-History
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1. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Middle Horizon
Uruk
Mississippian
Maadi
2. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Uruk
Middle Woodland Period
Religion
Ubaid
3. 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
First Intermediate Period
Sumerian
Valley of Oaxaca
Karl Wittfogel
4. 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.
Old Kingdom
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Late Horizon
Samarra
5. 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
Adena Complex
Robert Carneiro
Uruk
6. Role of priesthood
Religion
V. Gordon Childe
Formative
Varna
7. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Nagada
Preceramic
New Kingdom
Adena Complex
8. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Basin of Mexico
Iron Age
Characteristics of state level societies
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
9. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Early Intermediate
Old Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period
10. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Late Harappan
Civilization
Secondary State
Pristine (primary) state
11. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Middle Horizon
Early Indus
Maritime villages
V. Gordon Childe
12. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Iron Age
Neolithic (Egypt)
Moche State
New Kingdom
13. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Late Harappan
Late Woodland
Sumerian
Secondary State
14. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Mississippian
Early Horizon
Second Intermediate Period
Samarra
15. 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.
Civilization
Pristine (primary) state
Iron Age
Late Intermediate
16. 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
Early Woodland Period
William Rathje
Merimbda
17. Warfare and Circumscription
Robert Carneiro
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Sumerian
18. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Adena Complex
Pristine (primary) state
Stratification
19. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Stratification
Varna
Old Kingdom
Uruk
20. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
First Intermediate Period
Karl Wittfogel
Preceramic
Halafian
21. 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
Bronze Age
Valley of Oaxaca
Uruk
Late Horizon
22. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Formative
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Bronze Age
Sumerian
23. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Iron Age
Second Intermediate Period
Stratification
Late Woodland
24. 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.
Moche State
Middle Woodland Period
Bronze Age
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
25. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Badari
Middle Woodland Period
Maritime villages
Middle Kingdom
26. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
First Intermediate Period
Initial Period
27. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Ubaid
Merimbda
Varna
Uruk
28. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Maritime villages
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Stratification
V. Gordon Childe
29. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Olmec
Adena Complex
Neolithic (Egypt)
Early Horizon
30. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Late Woodland
Early Indus
Preceramic
31. 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
Valley of Oaxaca
Moche State
Pristine (primary) state
Middle Horizon
32. Urban Revolution
Old Kingdom
Robert Carneiro
Moche State
V. Gordon Childe
33. 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
Basin of Mexico
Middle Woodland Period
Middle Woodland Period
34. 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
Initial Period
First Intermediate Period
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Beaker people
35. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Maritime villages
Badari
Secondary State
Early Intermediate
36. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Poverty Point
Secondary State
Mature Harappan
Halafian
37. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Late Harappan
Middle Kingdom
Early Horizon
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
38. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Bronze Age
Robert Carneiro
Hassuna
39. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Early Indus
Secondary State
Neolithic (Egypt)
Middle Woodland Period
40. 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
Bronze Age
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
41. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Preceramic
Early Indus
Poverty Point
Initial Period
42. Trade and Exchange
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Robert Carneiro
William Rathje
Iron Age
43. 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
Basin of Mexico
Beaker people
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Karl Wittfogel
44. Urban Revolution
Iron Age
V. Gordon Childe
Old Kingdom
Merimbda
45. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Civilization
Moche State
Second Intermediate Period
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
46. 3000 BC -edge of steppe -cord marked pottery - megalithic tombs - single family dwellings replace long-houses - chariots - copper axes (no surprise considering the name).
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Initial Period
Early Woodland Period
Civilization
47. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Mississippian
Secondary State
Badari
Religion
48. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Middle Horizon
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
New Kingdom
Maadi
49. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Neolithic (Egypt)
V. Gordon Childe
Olmec
50. 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
Johnson
Bronze Age
Middle Kingdom
Karl Wittfogel
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