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what are the 8 characteristics of a civilization 1. cities of administrative centers 2.a political system 3.people engage in non food producing activites 4.statsus distinction based off wealth 5.monumental building 6. system to keep records 7. long distance trade 8.intrest in science and art
how was it before civilizations the foragers had gender roles no surplus of food, equal society pastoralist herd animals low population both moved around
Where did human migration start ? What did they bring from east Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas brought the spread of language and technology
what time frame was the river valley civilization 3500-1500 B.C.E
what were the four river valley civilizations and what were their rivers 1. Mesopotamia- tigiris and Euphrates 2. Eygpt - nile 3. China -Yangzi or yellow river 4. Indus Valley- indus river
What crop were the civilizations based on? Grain based
what is the difference between the Americas and Eurasia Americas did not have large animals Eurasia did, no invention of the wheel because no labor animals in America euraasia trades east west America has north to south
what is circa around or about
where was the earliest evidence of the agriculture revolution middle east slash and burn techniquies were abandoned
Why did the agriculture revolution start climate change new domestication of animals new tools was a slow processs
what are Neolithic communtities agriculture based , less variety and nutrition in food had kingship and marriage religion based off nature and ancestor
what is patrilineal ? matrilineal ? patrilineal- men based matrilineal - women based
what are some Neolithic villages middle east- Jericho(walls) Catal Huyuk - Anatolia ( roofs) had religious shrines and metal working
what was the most important city in mesoptamia Babylon
where is mesoptamaia located today Iraq
what are other names for the mesoptamians samirians babloinans and the fertile crescent
what did the sumerians first invent a written record
what is an irrigation system man made water
what is a cuneiform first written script nor spoken form
who was thr first king in mesoptomia and what did he invent hammuriabi, invented the hammurabo code becauzse of so much in and out had lots of crime
what kind of society did the mesoptamian have men based, they benifited from marriage and divorce laws
how was mesoptamian religion Followed the priest, based off the gods thought of a bad afterlife
What was the main things of eygpt papyrus, clay, copper, center of travel and communication nile supported vegetation
who was the menes ? what did the pharoh represent the pharoh who unified , pharoh represented king of god
How was eygpts law no law as harsh as Hammurabi had more control little crimes more isolated
where were the ruling dynasties placed in their capitals in centreal locations , Memphis, thebes
How much did eygpt extract in taxes / 60 % , it controlled long distance travel
Where did most people live in Egypt in farming villages
how were the woment treated in eygpt women had more rights they believed in monogamy having 1 life
how was egypts religion polythesetics , believed in a good afterlife
anthropnonrphic giving human qualities to gods
eygpt vs mesoptamia Mesopotamia- no barriers good for trade bad because conquest forming city states eygpt- isolated stronger rulers no laws
where did the indus valley start central asia, modern day Pakistan mts from the Himalayas melt cultivating the arewa
How is the indus culture Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, strong cntral authority a lot of metals irrigation system
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