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Pre-History
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1. 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.
Beaker people
Basin of Mexico
Maritime villages
Middle Kingdom
2. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Woodland Period
William Rathje
Middle Woodland Period
Poverty Point
3. 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
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Late Horizon
Moche State
New Kingdom
4. 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.
Valley of Oaxaca
Ubaid
Olmec
Characteristics of state level societies
5. Trade and Exchange
William Rathje
Late Harappan
Late Horizon
Early Intermediate
6. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Uruk
Neolithic (Egypt)
Moche State
Basin of Mexico
7. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Middle Horizon
Olmec
Olmec
Middle Kingdom
8. Role of priesthood
Late Harappan
Mississippian
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Religion
9. 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
Second Intermediate Period
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Uruk
V. Gordon Childe
10. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Basin of Mexico
Ubaid
Civilization
Hassuna
11. Trade and Exchange
First Intermediate Period
William Rathje
Middle Kingdom
Early Woodland Period
12. 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.
Karl Wittfogel
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Olmec
13. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
First Intermediate Period
Late Woodland
Neolithic (Egypt)
Olmec
14. 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
Bronze Age
Second Intermediate Period
Late Horizon
15. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Characteristics of state level societies
Pristine (primary) state
Nagada
Merimbda
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.
Iron Age
Late Horizon
Preceramic
Early Indus
17. 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
Mississippian
Initial Period
Late Horizon
Second Intermediate Period
18. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Nagada
Late Horizon
Merimbda
19. 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
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Middle Horizon
Maritime villages
Initial Period
20. 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
Civilization
Second Intermediate Period
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
21. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
New Kingdom
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Basin of Mexico
22. 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)
Ubaid
Uruk
Religion
23. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Uruk
Moche State
Basin of Mexico
Pristine (primary) state
24. Urban Revolution
V. Gordon Childe
Mature Harappan
Late Intermediate
Moche State
25. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Basin of Mexico
Bronze Age
Late Harappan
Robert Carneiro
26. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Ubaid
Mississippian
Moche State
Samarra
27. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Robert Carneiro
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Hassuna
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
28. Decision making hierarchies
Late Horizon
Johnson
Hassuna
Bronze Age
29. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Early Intermediate
New Kingdom
Formative
Stratification
30. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Second Intermediate Period
Late Harappan
Merimbda
Late Woodland
31. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Early Indus
Varna
Adena Complex
Old Kingdom
32. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Maritime villages
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
Varna
Poverty Point
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.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Preceramic
Formative
Pristine (primary) state
34. 1800-900 BC -inland villages - beginning of irrigation agriculture. public architecture. U-shaped platform mounds. Site of El Paraiso -probably ceremonial centers. fine textiles.
Initial Period
Karl Wittfogel
Late Woodland
Varna
35. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Middle Woodland Period
Olmec
Neolithic (Egypt)
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
36. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Karl Wittfogel
Samarra
Characteristics of state level societies
Poverty Point
37. AD 400-800 -initial adoption of maize agriculture.
Bronze Age
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Civilization
Late Woodland
38. 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
Pristine (primary) state
Poverty Point
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
39. 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
Early Horizon
Formative
Old Kingdom
40. 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
Stratification
Stratification
Characteristics of state level societies
Johnson
41. 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.
Middle Horizon
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Neolithic (Egypt)
Maritime villages
42. 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
Basin of Mexico
Pristine (primary) state
43. 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
Late Horizon
Characteristics of state level societies
Bronze Age
Late Harappan
44. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Poverty Point
Middle Kingdom
Mississippian
Hassuna
45. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
First Intermediate Period
Middle Horizon
Neolithic (Egypt)
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
46. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Initial Period
Pristine (primary) state
Mature Harappan
47. 200 BC -AD 600 -Nazca -importance of textiles and ceramics -sites of Paracas and Cahuachi.
New Kingdom
Varna
Early Intermediate
William Rathje
48. Where members of the same sex and age status do not have the same access to capital resources.
Middle Kingdom
Varna
Preceramic
Stratification
49. 1600-600 BC -Miss. floodplain -still hunters and gatherers - large earthworks and population - long-distance trade.
Uruk
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Poverty Point
Late Intermediate
50. 5500-4700 BC- from Turkey to the zagros mountains- replaced hassuna - small villages linked to regional chiefdoms - widespead ceramic forms - luxury/status good.
Middle Horizon
Halafian
Late Horizon
Late Woodland
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