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19 Cards in this Set
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When did agriculture begin? |
Around 9,000 BCE |
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Why did agriculture begin? |
Food became less abundant due to environmental changes. (Warmer and wetter.) |
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Where did agriculture begin? |
East Asia, Southeast Asia, West Asia, Central America, South America, West/Northeast Africa |
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West Asian Agricultural |
Wheat and Barley, Sheep and Goats |
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Northeast African Agriculture |
Sorghum, Coffee |
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West African Agriculture |
Yams, Oil Palm |
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Central American Agriculture |
Corn, Beans |
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South American Agriculture |
Potatoes |
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East Asian Agriculture |
Rice |
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Southeast Asian Agriculture |
Bananas |
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Code of Hammurabi |
•King Hammurabi •Babylonian Empire •Around 1770 BCE •First written legal code |
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Homo Erectus |
• about 100,000 ya • "upright human" • first to migrate out of Africa |
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Harappan Civilization |
•Origin of Indian Civilization •1,500 years further back than previous thought •Indus Valley •2500 BCE |
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Hieroglyphs |
•Egyptian •tiny pictographs •monumental inscriptions •3500 BCE |
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Teotihuacán |
•200 BCE •present day Mexico City •beginning of urban revolution •no writing system |
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Polis |
•Greek city state •small organized local government for city and surrounding farm land •United by culture (homer), language, and Olympics •around 850 BCE |
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Patrician |
•Rome •"free men" •full citizenship •509 BCE •wealthy and powerful |
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Oracle bones |
•Chinese Civilization •predict the future with inscribed markings •bones of birds animals and turtle shells •2000 BCE |
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Jenne Jeno |
•Niger River, Africa •First indigenous city in sub Saharan Africa •250 BCE |
