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Pre-History
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1. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Late Horizon
Mississippian
2. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Bronze Age
William Rathje
Early Intermediate
Middle Kingdom
3. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Middle Woodland Period
Uruk
Formative
Valley of Oaxaca
4. 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
Old Kingdom
Stratification
Ubaid
Halafian
5. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Middle Horizon
Hassuna
Pristine (primary) state
First Intermediate Period
6. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Karl Wittfogel
Neolithic (Egypt)
Robert Carneiro
Late Woodland
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
Mature Harappan
Halafian
Merimbda
Varna
8. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Robert Carneiro
Halafian
Late Woodland
9. 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.
Secondary State
Mature Harappan
Olmec
Religion
10. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
V. Gordon Childe
Middle Woodland Period
Late Intermediate
Neolithic (Egypt)
11. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Middle Kingdom
Varna
Neolithic (Egypt)
12. Decision making hierarchies
William Rathje
Second Intermediate Period
Sumerian
Johnson
13. 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
Maadi
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Late Horizon
Preceramic
14. Hydraulic hypothesis
Iron Age
Karl Wittfogel
Maritime villages
Valley of Oaxaca
15. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Halafian
Early Intermediate
Iron Age
Varna
16. Warfare and Circumscription
Late Intermediate
Stratification
Badari
Robert Carneiro
17. 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.
Neolithic (Egypt)
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Varna
18. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Pristine (primary) state
Mississippian
Johnson
Second Intermediate Period
19. Role of priesthood
Karl Wittfogel
Middle Woodland Period
Maadi
Religion
20. 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
Mississippian
Characteristics of state level societies
First Intermediate Period
21. 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.
Maritime villages
Badari
V. Gordon Childe
Olmec
22. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Samarra
Moche State
Nagada
Mature Harappan
23. 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.
Late Intermediate
Characteristics of state level societies
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
24. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
New Kingdom
Initial Period
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Basin of Mexico
25. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Merimbda
Secondary State
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
26. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Adena Complex
Merimbda
Old Kingdom
William Rathje
27. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Badari
Adena Complex
Halafian
Ubaid
28. 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
Uruk
Civilization
Neolithic (Egypt)
29. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Maritime villages
Poverty Point
Civilization
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
30. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Woodland Period
Characteristics of state level societies
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Mature Harappan
31. 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
Middle Horizon
Varna
Late Harappan
32. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Johnson
Civilization
Mature Harappan
33. 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
Characteristics of state level societies
Preceramic
Maritime villages
34. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Pristine (primary) state
Varna
Late Harappan
Olmec
35. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Preceramic
Robert Carneiro
Karl Wittfogel
Samarra
36. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Basin of Mexico
Uruk
Iron Age
37. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Varna
Mississippian
Middle Horizon
Formative
38. 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
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Bronze Age
Secondary State
39. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Adena Complex
Maritime villages
William Rathje
Badari
40. 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.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Sumerian
Pristine (primary) state
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
41. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Bronze Age
Civilization
Late Woodland
Sumerian
42. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Badari
Stratification
Olmec
First Intermediate Period
43. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Early Indus
Beaker people
Merimbda
Middle Woodland Period
44. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Secondary State
Iron Age
Adena Complex
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
45. 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)
Second Intermediate Period
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Iron Age
46. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Formative
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Merimbda
47. 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
Early Indus
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Early Horizon
48. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Late Woodland
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Late Woodland
Hassuna
49. 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
Formative
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Second Intermediate Period
Uruk
50. 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
V. Gordon Childe
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Initial Period
Varna
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