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24 Cards in this Set
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 2.5 million BCE |
Emergence of more humanlike species, initially in Africa
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 750,000 BCE |
Further development of species into Homo erectus
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 600,000 BCE |
Wide spread of species across Asia, Europe, Africa, development of fire use
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 120,000 BCE |
Completion to date of basic human evolution; Homo sapiens sapiens displaces other human species
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 16,000 BCE |
Passage of people from Siberia to tip of South America
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 14,000 BCE |
End of Great Ice Age
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 12,000 BCE |
Fashioning of stone tools
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 10,000-8,000 BCE |
Development of farming in the Middle East
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 9,000 BCE |
Domestication of pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 8,000 BCE |
Transition of agriculture, introduction of silk weaving in China
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 6,000 BCE |
First potter’s wheel
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 5,500 BCE |
Catal Huyuk at its peak
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 5,000 BCE |
Domestication of maize (corn) in Mesoamerica
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 4,000 BCE |
Yangshao culture in China
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 4,000-3,000 BCE |
Age of innovation in the Middle East: introduction of writing, bronze, metalwork, wheel, and plow
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 3,500-1,800 BCE |
Civilization of Sumer, cuneiform alphabet
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 3,100 BCE |
Rise of Egyptian civilization
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 2,500 BCE |
Emergence of (Indus) Harappan civilization
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 2,000 BCE |
Kotosh culture in Peru
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 2,000 BCE |
Conversion to agriculture in northern Europe, southern Africa
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 1,500 BCE |
Emergence of Shang kingdom in China; writing develops
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 1,500 BCE |
First ironwork in the Middle East
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 1,200 BCE |
Jews settle near the Mediterranean, first monotheistic religion
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Chapter 1: The rise of Agricultural and Agricultural Civilizations
From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations 1,122 BCE |
Western Zhou kings
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