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Pre-History
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1. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Characteristics of state level societies
Badari
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
Hassuna
2. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Late Horizon
Nagada
William Rathje
3. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Middle Kingdom
Neolithic (Egypt)
Basin of Mexico
Mississippian
4. 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.
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Early Horizon
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
V. Gordon Childe
5. Decision making hierarchies
Johnson
Merimbda
Varna
Bronze Age
6. Hydraulic hypothesis
Johnson
Preceramic
Karl Wittfogel
Hassuna
7. 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
New Kingdom
Varna
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
8. These are states that emerged through contact with other states. examples include the roman empire - united states.
Stratification
Mature Harappan
Secondary State
Adena Complex
9. 200 BC -AD 400 -widespread trade networks - development of the Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
New Kingdom
Badari
Middle Woodland Period
Stratification
10. Urban Revolution
Maritime villages
V. Gordon Childe
Varna
Sumerian
11. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
Middle Woodland Period
Nagada
Olmec
First Intermediate Period
12. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Formative
New Kingdom
Valley of Oaxaca
Old Kingdom
13. 1530-1070 BC -imperial dynasty - Valley of the Kings.
Preceramic
Samarra
New Kingdom
Stratification
14. 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.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Robert Carneiro
Stratification
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
15. 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
William Rathje
Middle Kingdom
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Neolithic (Egypt)
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.
Early Indus
Johnson
Valley of Oaxaca
Bronze Age
17. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Moche State
Religion
Uruk
18. Decision making hierarchies
Middle Horizon
V. Gordon Childe
Second Intermediate Period
Johnson
19. 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
William Rathje
Civilization
Characteristics of state level societies
20. 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.
Basin of Mexico
Karl Wittfogel
Valley of Oaxaca
Badari
21. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Halafian
Mature Harappan
Preceramic
22. 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.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Iron Age
New Kingdom
23. 5500-4400 BC- middle tigris river valley- wheat - barley - and linseed - floodwater irrigation.
Samarra
Middle Kingdom
Hassuna
Early Horizon
24. 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.
Preceramic
Sumerian
New Kingdom
Poverty Point
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
Characteristics of state level societies
Sumerian
Valley of Oaxaca
Adena Complex
26. 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
Olmec
Ubaid
Early Horizon
Uruk
27. Floodplain agriculture - domesticated cattle - sheep - goats - and pigs - growing populations - shift to rectangular buildings - craft specialization.
Old Kingdom
Maritime villages
Nagada
Neolithic (Indus Valley)
28. 700 BC -AD 800 -Ohio Valley -mix of hunting/gathering and agriculture - known for trade - burials mounds - and ceremonial elaboration.
Mississippian
Adena Complex
Initial Period
Basin of Mexico
29. 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
Initial Period
Ubaid
Late Harappan
30. 5200 BC -Fayum depression - small farming villages - domesticated sheep and goats - flint sickles and weapons - baskets.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Uruk
Early Horizon
Neolithic (Egypt)
31. First unified political group in region with centralized political authority - consolidation of several river valleys - intricate ceramics - sumptuary goods - large temple complex.
Late Intermediate
Mayan Lowlands and Highlands
Moche State
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
32. 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
Late Woodland
Valley of Oaxaca
Uruk
33. Complex - state-level society- collection of specialized institutions that maintain stratification.
New Kingdom
Civilization
Second Intermediate Period
Nagada
34. 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.
Neolithic (Egypt)
Mississippian
Initial Period
Samarra
35. 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
Samarra
Civilization
Uruk
36. Contemporary with Merimbda -mud brick architecture - emmer wheat and barley - elaborate ceremonial burials.
Late Harappan
Badari
Initial Period
Middle Horizon
37. 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
Late Horizon
William Rathje
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Civilization
38. 4800-4400 BC -24 ha village - semi-regular plan - storage units - domesticated dogs - pigs - and cattle.
Early Indus
Ubaid
Early Intermediate
Merimbda
39. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Early Intermediate
Late Harappan
Karl Wittfogel
Old Kingdom
40. These are indigenous states -meaning they developed without influence from other states. Examples include Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley
Pristine (primary) state
Johnson
Ubaid
Battle Axe (Kurgan)
41. Trade and Exchange
Characteristics of state level societies
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Valley of Oaxaca
William Rathje
42. 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
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
Maritime villages
Characteristics of state level societies
43. 2900-2000 BC -highly urbanized (80% of pop. in urban settings) - increasing rivalry among cities - division of secular and religious power - copper smelting.
Nagada
Sumerian
Ubaid
Middle Woodland Period
44. 1941-1736 BC -shift of power south to Thebes - conquered Nubia - spread of trade networks farther into Africa.
Akkadian and Babylonian periods
Middle Kingdom
Robert Carneiro
Badari
45. 1900-1500 BC -cities abandoned with environmental changes including flooding and changes in river channels away from the existing populations. Site of Rojdi.
Late Woodland
Late Harappan
Formative
Second Intermediate Period
46. 2134-1941 BC -shift to local power
First Intermediate Period
Ubaid
Moche State
Mississippian
47. Trade and Exchange
Formative
William Rathje
Varna
Middle Horizon
48. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Woodland Period
Bronze Age
Basin of Mexico
Pre-Dynastic Kingdoms
49. 6000-5250 BC- northern tigris river valley- dry farming - pottery common
Hassuna
Valley of Oaxaca
Maritime villages
Early Woodland Period
50. 1000-200 BC -growing trade in exotic goods - increasingly elaborate burials.
Early Indus
Characteristics of state level societies
Early Woodland Period
Basin of Mexico