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Exam 1 vocab Hist201

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homonid   creature with human-like characteristics but not human  
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Homo Sapiens   consciously thinking human- 250000 years ago, sophisticated tools, flexible language  
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Paleolithic Society   "old stone age", pre-agriculture, hunter-gatherer societies  
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Complex society   civilization, surplus agrucultural production, urban areas, division of labor, trade, culture, intellect, politics, religion  
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Neolithic era   "new stone age" Agricultural times  
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çatal Huyuk   South central Anatolia, early complex society even though it does not have all characteristics, specialization of labor, obsidian  
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Sumerian city-states   controlling within city walls and hinterlands surrounding  
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Mesopotamian empires   gathering large amounts of cities together under one head to exploit them, needs greater organization, laws, codes, Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi, Assyrians, Babylon  
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Phoenicians   alphabetic writing, Canaanites, lots of trade, ships,  
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Harappans   living on Indus River, example of ecological degredation, disappeared in 1500 BCE  
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Aryans   lived after Harappans, horses, white race, The Vedas in religion, very violent people, God Indra  
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Dravidians   lived in India before Aryans, darker skinned, lower in society  
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Xia dynasty   Women played larger role, one of the first vigorous states to organize all China, lots of allies  
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Shang dynasty   rise in technology, walls, smaller kingdoms instead of centralized, Lady Fu Hao  
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Hammurabi   Mesopotamian Emperor, Hammurabi code  
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Indo-Europeans   horses, lots of similar languages, Hittites, migrated widely, followed many Mesopotamian practices  
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Hittites   toppled Babylon, War chariots, iron metallurgy, incorporated many Mesopotamian practices  
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stratified society   society with different levels of class  
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patriarchal society   society where men are dominant  
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slaves   prisoners of war, convicted criminals, debtors  
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caste system   stratified society originally based on color  
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varna   groups in caste system  
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brahmin   priest  
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kshatriyas   warriors, aristocrats  
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vaishyas   cultivators, artisans, and merchants  
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Shudras   landless peasants and serfs  
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Epic of Gilgamesh   stories of Gilgamesh, mesopotamian superman, and friend Enkidu, explored themes of religion, death, friendship, loyalty  
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Hebrews   monotheistic, Moses, Yahweh  
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monotheism   one god instead of a Pantheon  
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Akhenaten   Pharoah that changed his name to worship god Aten, monotheistic, major proponent of Aten  
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Cult of Osiris   Resurrected Osiris, afterlife, judge of people in afterlife  
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Vedas   collections of Aryan hymns, songs, prayers and rituals for Aryan gods  
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Upanishads   transmigration of the soul, reincarnation, desire moksha (returning to Brahman, universal soul)  
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Brahman   universal soul  
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oracle bones   bones from Chinese fortune telling, writing of Chinese question, answer  
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Axum   African kingdom centered in Ethiopia, growing season increase, pop increase, big trading spot, then monsoon stopped and pop decreased  
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Chinook society   longest lasting hunter gatherer sedentary society, Pacific Artic Coast, salmon and whale fishing  
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Endemic disease   diseases constantly present in a society  
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Epidemic disease   new disease with high death toll  
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Homogenization of the disease pool   combining and becoming accostumed and sharing diseases across large areas  
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Magdalenian society   south france, northern spain, non-agricultural sedentary people, dried and stored reindeer meat  
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Natufian society   Syrian non-agricultural sedentary people, wheat grew wild  
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