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HIST 160 Exam 1

Terms from week 1-5 on Food and Power in Global History

TermDefinition
artificial selection -direct and intentional redefinition of wild plants by ancient people of Mesoamerica -> 1000 year process
canis familiaris -domesticated in Artic & Northern Hemisphere -c.a. 25k-10k ya -co-evolution of humans and dogs throughout history Why: hunting, protection, cuteness
caviar
clean and unclean animals
Clemens of Alexandria
co-evolutionary domestication
consequences of domestication
domestic dependent -relies on human intervention -special relationship b/w plant and person
domestication an evolutionary process by which animals are artificially selected and undergo huge phenotype, behavioral, and physiological alterations
early agricultural systems
Eid al-Adha
endocannibalism
Enki and Inanna
entomophagy
exocannibalism
feasting -ritualized public consumption of elaborate/specialized meals often accompanied by entertainment -
The Fertile Crescent -center of agriculture -earliest state-level settlements -hierarchical -specialized labor -economic hubs -ritual & religious
Festival of the Field of the Cloth of Gold
fire
foraging
founding crops -wheat -rice -maize
globalization
Gobekli Tepe -c.a. 10k-8k ya - monumental ritual cite -agricultural center
Halal
Haram
health and domestication
Herodotus
hominids
Islamic culture
kuru
natural selection -Process to ensure that wild organisms will survive in the environment -Variations in traits randomly occurs in population -Organisms best adapted to survive the environment -Survivors have offspring and pass on desirable traits to offspring
New Fire Ceremony
Red Heifer Sacrifice
ritual
sacrifice ritual offering of possessions on behalf of an individual or group
taboos
Thanks Offering
Triticum monococcum
Turcicum Frumentum
Teosinte -multi-floral, multi-stalk -hard, thorny, hardly inedible -different genus & species than maize -Rio Balsas, Guerrero, Mexico -Rio Panama, Panama
Three Sisters -maize -beans -squash -symbiotic agriculture
women and domestication
Zevah shelamin
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