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13 Cards in this Set
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Hominids
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5 million years ago
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Homo Sapiens
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200,000 years ago
"wise human being" Remains found in Germany and Europe |
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Homo Sapiens Sapiens
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40,000 years ago
"wise, wise human being" Appeared in Africa What we are today Characterized by small groups, self sustaining, lived in a hostile world nomatic depended on nature |
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Paleolithic Period
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to 10,000 BC
"Old stone period" Humans used tools nomatic way of life hunters, gatherers |
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Neolithic Period
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begins around 10,000 BC
"new stone period" sedentarization Broad spectrum gathering agriculture domestication of women |
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sedentarization
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Stopped being nomatic, settled down. Progress of making pernamnt settlesments
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Broad Spectrum gathering
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Stayed in same place year round where you can sustain self
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Agriculture
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Women did agricultre, not men because they were ones who cooked and knew what to gather
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Domestication of animals
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helped with preditors, source of good, source for exchange
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Bronze Age
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3,100-1,200 BC
Period where tools and weapons made of bronze First cities |
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Mesopotamia
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area between two rivers
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Urbanization
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The creation of urban cities
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Assyria
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Sumer: southern half of babylon
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