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Pre-History
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1. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Basin of Mexico
First Intermediate Period
Samarra
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
2. 4200-4000 BC -rich cemetery - copper metallurgy - metal not utilitarian -a sumptuary good -used within a social (prestige) context.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Beaker people
Secondary State
Varna
3. 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.
Varna
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Valley of Oaxaca
Mississippian
4. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
Characteristics of state level societies
Maadi
Late Harappan
Secondary State
5. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Secondary State
Ubaid
Uruk
6. Role of priesthood
Mature Harappan
Religion
Samarra
Uruk
7. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Maadi
Preceramic
Varna
Middle Kingdom
8. 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.
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Civilization
Olmec
9. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
Iron Age
Early Indus
Old Kingdom
10. 3650 BC -13 ha. village - simple burials
William Rathje
Maadi
Late Woodland
Secondary State
11. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Samarra
Middle Woodland Period
Early Woodland Period
Secondary State
12. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Early Indus
Badari
V. Gordon Childe
Adena Complex
13. 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
Basin of Mexico
Varna
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
14. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
Second Intermediate Period
Mature Harappan
Valley of Oaxaca
Middle Woodland Period
15. 800-0 BC -importance of trade - salt - grain - gold and pottery. Ability to increase agricultural production; continuing warfare.
Iron Age
Civilization
Late Intermediate
Late Intermediate
16. 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.
Mature Harappan
Early Indus
William Rathje
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
17. 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.
Valley of Oaxaca
Neolithic (Egypt)
Late Intermediate
Stratification
18. 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)
V. Gordon Childe
William Rathje
Early Woodland Period
19. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Sumerian
Neolithic (Egypt)
Stratification
Maritime villages
20. Urban Revolution
Preceramic
Late Intermediate
Robert Carneiro
V. Gordon Childe
21. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Early Indus
Samarra
Pristine (primary) state
Stratification
22. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Secondary State
Early Indus
Pristine (primary) state
Bronze Age
23. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Merimbda
Late Intermediate
Middle Horizon
Adena Complex
24. Warfare and Circumscription
Iron Age
Middle Woodland Period
Robert Carneiro
Formative
25. 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
Ubaid
Valley of Oaxaca
Varna
Late Harappan
26. Trade and Exchange
Late Woodland
Characteristics of state level societies
William Rathje
Pristine (primary) state
27. 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
Middle Horizon
Karl Wittfogel
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Late Horizon
28. Hyksos invasion 1635-1517 BC
Poverty Point
Second Intermediate Period
Civilization
Middle Horizon
29. 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.
Poverty Point
Adena Complex
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Early Indus
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
Varna
Robert Carneiro
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
31. 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
Samarra
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Mississippian
32. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Middle Horizon
Late Horizon
Adena Complex
Preceramic
33. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Olmec
Mississippian
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
34. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Mature Harappan
Beaker people
New Kingdom
35. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Middle Woodland Period
Neolithic (Egypt)
Sumerian
36. 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
Middle Woodland Period
Late Intermediate
Adena Complex
37. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
Late Harappan
Middle Woodland Period
Early Intermediate
Civilization
38. Decision making hierarchies
Late Woodland
Johnson
Varna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
39. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Nagada
Early Intermediate
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Early Horizon
40. 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
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Uruk
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
41. 2000 BC -AD 250- early sedentary farming villages; slash and burn agriculture - local elites; appearance of monumental architecture.
Initial Period
Mature Harappan
Stratification
Formative
42. 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
V. Gordon Childe
Characteristics of state level societies
Early Intermediate
Bronze Age
43. 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)
Stratification
Ubaid
Moche State
44. 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
Hassuna
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Late Woodland
William Rathje
45. 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
Nagada
Bronze Age
Uruk
Varna
46. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
Early Horizon
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Civilization
Middle Kingdom
47. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Sumerian
Old Kingdom
Early Indus
Middle Horizon
48. 4500-3000 BC -reliance upon ocean resources. Examine Moseley's Maritime Hypothesis.
Badari
Maritime villages
Moche State
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
49. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Mature Harappan
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Poverty Point
50. 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
Middle Horizon
Secondary State
Valley of Oaxaca