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Pre-History
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1. 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
Mature Harappan
Uruk
Late Woodland
Karl Wittfogel
2. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Halafian
Badari
Late Horizon
Samarra
3. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Secondary State
Civilization
Hassuna
Ubaid
4. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Maritime villages
Secondary State
Early Horizon
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
Maadi
Maritime villages
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Religion
6. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Civilization
Hassuna
Middle Horizon
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
7. Hydraulic hypothesis
Karl Wittfogel
Early Indus
Poverty Point
Valley of Oaxaca
8. 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.
Merimbda
Early Indus
Adena Complex
Sumerian
9. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Mississippian
Halafian
Mature Harappan
10. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Late Harappan
Uruk
Secondary State
11. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Stratification
Pristine (primary) state
V. Gordon Childe
Ubaid
12. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Samarra
New Kingdom
Second Intermediate Period
Middle Horizon
13. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Early Intermediate
Characteristics of state level societies
Moche State
Olmec
14. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Mississippian
Secondary State
V. Gordon Childe
Mature Harappan
15. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Early Woodland Period
William Rathje
Neolithic (Egypt)
Badari
16. 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.
Early Indus
Late Horizon
Bronze Age
Basin of Mexico
17. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Merimbda
Middle Woodland Period
Second Intermediate Period
Uruk
18. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Secondary State
Formative
Late Intermediate
19. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Hassuna
Secondary State
Late Horizon
Pristine (primary) state
20. 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.
Early Indus
Late Harappan
Formative
V. Gordon Childe
21. 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
Bronze Age
Religion
William Rathje
22. 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
Religion
Valley of Oaxaca
Late Woodland
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
23. Trade and Exchange
Early Woodland Period
V. Gordon Childe
Maritime villages
William Rathje
24. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
William Rathje
Hassuna
Varna
Early Intermediate
25. 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
Bronze Age
Maritime villages
William Rathje
26. Warfare and Circumscription
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Robert Carneiro
William Rathje
Middle Woodland Period
27. 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
Old Kingdom
Characteristics of state level societies
Pristine (primary) state
Uruk
28. 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 Intermediate
Middle Woodland Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Uruk
29. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Ubaid
New Kingdom
Early Indus
Nagada
30. 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
First Intermediate Period
Middle Woodland Period
Neolithic (Egypt)
31. 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.
Old Kingdom
Preceramic
Maritime villages
Religion
32. 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
Late Intermediate
Beaker people
Adena Complex
Initial Period
33. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Badari
Late Intermediate
Early Horizon
Pristine (primary) state
34. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Early Indus
Adena Complex
Halafian
Robert Carneiro
35. 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
Basin of Mexico
Middle Horizon
Secondary State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
36. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Ubaid
Early Horizon
V. Gordon Childe
37. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Old Kingdom
Early Indus
Formative
38. 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.
Middle Kingdom
Late Horizon
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Olmec
39. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Characteristics of state level societies
William Rathje
Early Intermediate
Civilization
40. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Early Indus
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Robert Carneiro
41. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Moche State
Uruk
Poverty Point
Late Harappan
42. 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
Nagada
Karl Wittfogel
Ubaid
Religion
43. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Maadi
William Rathje
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
44. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Badari
Middle Kingdom
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Bronze Age
45. Hydraulic hypothesis
Karl Wittfogel
Varna
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
46. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Hassuna
Uruk
Samarra
Basin of Mexico
47. 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
Badari
Hassuna
Mature Harappan
Late Horizon
48. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Religion
Hassuna
V. Gordon Childe
49. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Hassuna
Late Harappan
Pristine (primary) state
V. Gordon Childe
50. Decision making hierarchies
Formative
Late Horizon
Late Horizon
Johnson