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18 Cards in this Set
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Hominids |
4-5 million years ago used simple tools |
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Homo Erectus |
2-1.5 million years ago varied and larger tools, first to leave africa |
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homo sapiens |
250,000 BCE conscience thought, language |
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Paleolithic Era (before what) |
400,000-11,000 BCE before domestication of animals and plants Nomadic hunter gatherer, move and follow food sources weather and ecosystem is everything |
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Neolithic Era discovery of what |
shift to agriculture societies do not move north as glaciers melt Stable lives, population, however more contact with disease from animals |
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What determines where people start agriculture |
most nutrient rich soil Rivers and water |
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Pottery allowed what |
storage of food, get through a bad season |
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What does agriculture make possible |
Surplus of food division of labor social hierarchies to control resources permanence in form of towns and villages trade of goods and ideas writing |
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Agriculture necessitated a way of writing. explain |
Way of keeping track of crops, quantities |
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How does famine affect societies and kings provide specific example |
Question ruler or gods and create instability Riots and protests legitimacy of rule Unity in egypt weakened when faced extended drought - riots protests, legitimacy of pharos rule |
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Expansion of territorial state for what reasons? what are some of the effects? |
need to trade for specialized goods. can lead to warfare if expanding TS bump into each other ex: Egyptian TS and Hittite TS |
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Trade linked places together, even places that were not TS. How can one affect the other if they are separated? |
Economic disruption in one TS could and did impact the economy of other TS |
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Define empire |
group of states that are made up of different ethnic groups that are held together under the rule of a single sovereign power |
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ways that political order was maintained ex? |
Being brutal and having harsh punishments or Moral guidelines, Royal Road to facilitate order from core of Persian empire |
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how can a territory become wealthy? |
Being a center for trade |
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Non interference vs interference in China |
Daoism, non interference focus on whole natural order. moral leadership Legalism, laws and punishments clear, not on moral leadership but effective laws and procedures. Rulers have responsibility of making laws and punishments harsh |
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Jainism and buddhism in India
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Little collection of material goods Reduce weight of worldly existence, suffering from material desire |
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